BLUES IMAGE Ride Captain Ride (1970) [HQ]

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Blues Image
"Ride Captain Ride"
Single, released April 1970
Label: Atco / Atlantic
Album: Open (Released: April 1970)

"Ride Captain Ride" is a song recorded by the American rock band Blues Image. The song was co-written by the band's singer-guitarist Mike Pinera and keyboardist Frank "Skip" Konte. It was included on the group's 1970 album, Open. Released as a slightly shortened single in the spring of 1970, it shot up the charts, eventually reaching No. 4 in the USA and Canadian charts, making it Blues Image's only Top 40 chart hit. It reached No. 23 in Australia.

The guitar fills and main solo were performed by Kent Henry. Pinera plays the guitar solo at the end of the song.

The song was inspired by the number of keys on Pinera's Rhodes piano. Pinera said, "Okay, I need a first word. And what came into my head was '73.' I liked the rhythm, and I went, '73 men sailed up, from the San Francisco Bay.' ... The song sort of just wrote itself from there."

Mike Pinera – lead guitar, lead vocals
Skip Konte – keyboards
Malcolm Jones – bass
Manny Bertematti – drums
Joe Lala – percussion, backing vocals
with
Kent Henry – guitars