This week my wife and I will be on The Rock Boat. This is our seventh voyage. The Rock Boat is a 5-day cruise that departs from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cozumel and Progreso, Mexico and where rock concerts are featured as the ship makes its journey. All concerts start and end on the hour. No tickets are required. Voyagers just plop down and listen to the music. At any given time, there are 4 or 5 simultaneous shows to choose from. The artists are lesser known, and as such, mingle, eat, and attend shows just like the paying passengers. They are happy to talk or sign autographs. The Rock Boat is not your typical rock and roll experience. This year's lineup includes: Band(images from TheRockBoat.com) Songs you may have heard? SISTER HAZEL "All for You" "Change Your Mind" BARENAKED LADIES "One Week" "Pinch Me" "Bing Bang Theory Theme" NEEDTOBREATHE "Brother" (featuring Gavin DeGraw) "Multiplied" "Testify" WILL HOGE "Little Bitty Dreams" "Middle of America" "Strong" DREW HOLCOMB & THE NEIGHBORS "What Would I Do Without You?" "American Beauty" "Live Forever" COWBOY MOUTH "Jenny Says" "All American Man" COLONY HOUSE "Silhouettes" "You & I" ALAN DOYLE "1,2,3,4" "Take Us Home" "Summer Summer Night" WELSHLY ARMS "Legendary" "Never Meant to Be" "Need You Tonight" "Hold on I'm Coming" (cover) THE ALTERNATE ROUTES "Nothing More" (featuring Lily Costner) "All That I See" "Desdemona" (featuring Patty Griffin) MELODIME "Lullaby" "Our Time" "Halo" "Paper Wings" LARKIN POE "Trouble in Mind" "Don't" ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N. "Don't Ya Worry" "Good Ride" WILD ADRIATIC "The Spark" "Letter" "Strange Percussions" STOP LIGHT OBSERVATIONS "Dinosaur Bones" "Helicopters" THE NEW RESPECTS "Trouble" "Money" "Hey!" THE ROCKETBOYS "Viva Voce" "Loud and Clear" "On the Other Side" "You and Everone Else" LOW CUT CONNIE "Rio" "Boozophilia" "Revolution Rock 'n' Roll" "Shake It Little Tina" "Big Thighs, NJ" ELLIOTT BROOD "Write It Down for You" "The Valley Town" "Cadillac Dust" "Oh, Alberta" CHRISTIAN LOPEZ "Will I See You Again?" "Swim the River" "The Man I Was Before" DANNY MICHEL "What Colour Are You?" "A Cold Road" "Survivor's Guilt" SARAH POTENZA "Gimme Shelter" (cover performed on The Voice) "Monster" (cover performed on The Voice) THE DEAD SOUTH "In Hell, I'll Be In Good Company" "Banjo Odyssey" "The Recap" "Honey You" SAM BURCHFIELD "Here Tonight" "Spring" "Someday" NOAH GUTHRIE "Set Fire to the Rain" (cover) "Cover Me Up" "Sexy and I Know It" "Like I'm Gonna Lose You' THE GEORGIA FLOOD "Whistle King" "Better Not Together" KICK THE ROBOT "Supermassive Automatic" "Gunslinger" BRIAN FECHINO "O Holy Night" (cover) OAK & ASH "Step into the Light" "Which Way to Go" "I Like That" DAN RODRIGUEZ "I'll Be Waiting (When You Come Home)" "25 Years" WYLDER "Swells" "Sunstroke" "Bitter" WATERDOG "Both" "The Storms Are Getting Stronger" I will be back to regular blogging about Autodesk Forge next week. Rock at sea is alive in the lab. Go to the original post...