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"Ride Captain Ride" is a song recorded by the American rock band Blues Image. It was co-written by the band's singer-guitarist Mike Pinera and keyboardist Frank "Skip" Konte and 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 US ...
Their second album, Open was released in April 1970 and included the single "Ride Captain Ride." [1] Written by Pinera and Konte, it featured Kent Henry on guitar solo and fills, with Pinera playing solo at the end. The album sold over one million copies, and earned a gold record from the R.I.A.A. in August 1970. [2] It was Blues Image's only ...
Carlos Michael Pinera (September 29, 1948 – November 20, 2024) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who started professionally in the late 1960s with the group Blues Image, which had a number 4 hit in 1970 with their song "Ride Captain Ride".
All songs composed and arranged by Blues Image; except where noted. "Love Is the Answer" – 2:35 "Running the Water" – 2:37 "Clean Love" – 7:49
The lyrics of "I'm your Captain" are a bit vague, but appear to be talking about a mutiny rather than the capture of a ship by outside forces. For example, in the first verse, the vocalist sings, "I'm your captain" in conjunction with his pleas to have his ship returned - one wouldn't tell a boarding party that obviously.
Pinera was known for his work with Blues Image ("Ride Captain Ride") and Iron Butterfly. Mitchell had been a member of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. The group also included some former members of Janis Joplin's Big Brother and The Holding Company.
"Ride" was originally released as a promotional single on YouTube on May 11, 2015. [2] The music video for the song was released on YouTube the following day. [3] It was serviced to US contemporary hit radio on April 16, 2016, as the album's fifth official single. [1] The song peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.
When astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, many in the crowd attending the launch wore T-shirts printed with a play on the lyric, "Ride, Sally Ride." [17] On Fox's TV show Glee, Noah Guthrie covered the song in the second episode of the sixth season ("Homecoming").