HBO Doc Tells How Steely Dan and Toto Became Cool Again

Ask any two music fans what qualifies as yacht rock, and an argument is sure to ensue.

Does Steely Dan count? (Absolutely.) What about Hall & Oates? (No, too East Coast.)

In the late 1970s and early ’80s, the term “yacht rock” was not yet a thing. But everyone knew the music of…