Ride Captain Ride
| "Ride Captain Ride" | |
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| Single by Blues Image | |
| from the album Open | |
| B-side | "Pay My Dues" |
| Released | April, 1970 |
| Format | 7" 45 RPM |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 3:45 3:07 (7" version) |
| Label | Atco / Atlantic |
| Writer(s) | Mike Pinera, Frank Konte |
| Producer | Richard Podolor |
"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 #4, making it Blues Image's first (and only) chart hit. The guitar fills and main solo were performed by Kent Henry. Mike Pinera plays the guitar solo at the end of the song.
It has been purported that the historical context for this song refers to the 1968 capture of the USS Pueblo by North Korea.[citation needed], but it is not substantiated.
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 in, from the San Francisco Bay." ... The song sort of just wrote itself from there."[1]
The song was eventually remixed as a "psychedelic space version".
[edit] Popular culture
"Ride Captain Ride" can be heard in both of the films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Diggers.
The rock band Phish has covered the song on a few occasions including on 12/10/1999 in Philadelphia, 10/24/2010 in Amherst, Mass and 06/08/11 in Darien, NY [2]
"Ride Captain Ride" can also be heard in the episode "Namaste (Lost)" from the TV series LOST.
[edit] References
- ^ Schweiber, Dave (June 26, 2001). "The Captain Rides Again". St. Petersburg Times. http://web.archive.org/web/20080109112319/http://www.classicrockallstars.com/biography/mike.html. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
- ^ LivePhish.com
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