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Christopher Cross

The pandemic forced Christopher Cross to delay for two years the tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of his 1979 self-titled debut album — the one with “Ride Like the Wind” and “Sailing” on it. But the 71-year-old singer-songwriter, who has sold 10 million albums and collected five Grammys, finally hit the road this year and has been playing 90-minute sets that prove why he’s one of yacht rock’s highest-ranking captains. That’s pretty remarkable, especially considering that Cross caught COVID in early 2020 and became paralyzed with Guillain-Barre syndrome — which put him in the ICU for three weeks and in a wheelchair for five months.