They play adult-contemporary hit songs that have stood the test of time.

Take a trip back when AM GOLD Yacht Rock performs on the Main Stage from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday at this year’s Palmerton Community Festival.

This will mark the first year for the band at the festival, according to Dan Wintersteen, band leader/drummer.

“We love performing,” Wintersteen said. “Yacht rock, all the hits from 1975-1985.”

Wintersteen said the band specializes in nostalgic, smooth sounds from the 1970s and 1980s, along with dancing.

The New York City- based tribute band plays hits from Hall & Oates, Steely Dan, Huey Lewis, Christopher Cross, Lionel Richie and more.

Most of the Southern-California based music recently experienced a revival known to many as Yacht Rock.

AM GOLD formed when NYC drummer Wintersteen threw a Yacht Rock party with musician friends for his 30th birthday.

Yacht Rock was something that resonated with Wintersteen, as he grew up sailing with his father in Western New York and spent his high school years working at the local yacht club.

“One thing I always noticed was that there was always this adult contemporary pop and jazz-rock music playing at the yacht club, so when I heard about Yacht Rock, I was immediately amused and inspired to do something fun with this,” Wintersteen said.

He got some of his musician friends together and performed shows in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.

The parties were a success and it was apparent there was demand for this kind of music.

Wintersteen joined forces with New York City singer/saxophonist Jonny Hirsch, also raised by a family of sailors, and launched AM GOLD Yacht Rock.