Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image - 1970

Blues Image was formed in Tampa, Florida in 1966 by singer-guitarist Mike Pinera, singer-drummer Manuel "Manny" Bertematti, singer-percussionist Joe Lala, keyboardist Emilio Garcia, and bassist Malcolm Jones. They were later joined by keyboardist Frank "Skip" Konte when Emilio Garcia left the band to become a pilot. Blues Image moved to Miami in 1968, where they were instrumental in helping promoters form the most innovative music venue in South Florida, 'Thee Image'. Blues Image became the house band at the club, which featured bands like the Grateful Dead, Cream, and Blood, Sweat and Tears.
The band moved to Los Angeles and signed with Atco Records, releasing their self-titled debut album in February 1969. Their second album, Open (April 1970), included the popular hit "Ride Captain Ride". Featuring Kent Henry on guitar solo and fills, and Pinera playing solo at the end, the song was co-composed by Pinera and Konte. This disc sold over one million copies, and earned a gold record from the R.I.A.A. in August 1970. It was Blues Image's only charting hit, making the group a one-hit wonder.
Pinera left the band and was replaced by singer Denny Correll and guitarist Kent Henry. The band later broke up but did release a third album,

[@FastProProductions]

This song will Always will be great, has lost nothing and it's February 2024

[@jeromerice3448]

You can say that again brother.

[@jamesbeaver8872]

Right on brother. 😂

[@TheBob3759]

Mark of a classic.

[@greg2976]

👍👍💯💯

[@williammartin4132]

Definitely 💯 Correct My Friend GOD BLESS 🙏🙏❤❤

[@indiosveritas]

When we look around , many of us in our 60s wish we could sail away to another shore.

[@kathejohnson4241]

Yep❤

[@brentlopez-yg4yw]

im not 60 yet but ill ride off for sure

[@scottwilliams5642]

Soon, soon we will be sailing to that shore.

[@deadreckoning6288]

I'm 59. This world no longer makes any sense to me.

[@greg2976]

64 here! Wish to go back to the "good old days" and be able to APPRECIATE how good it was to be young!!!

[@dewkeating]

Friend of mine lived in S. Cal we played this every time we got together. In 1993 while partying loudly at the house, there was a knock at the front door. Neighbor guy always complaining about the loud music. This time he introduced himself as Mike Pinera and said hey I wrote that song! We had drinks and turned it up.

[@njaneardude]

How freaking awesome is that!!!

[@scottjackson163]

Wow. What a story! Ride Captain Ride is my favorite one-hit-wonder song. (I was 12 when this song came out; I loved it from the start.)

[@SkarKingg]

If true, epic ish

[@davidliddle8586]

That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever heard

[@saraharkness]

You were lucky to meet him. The sixties were the best and he was one of the reasons for that.

[@heydadd]

Now I am 70 years old but this song still comes back in my head. So glad they wrote it and the warm memories that it brings back.

[@lindalemming-grant9176]

hey me too 🙂

[@hairycat6095]

i am 68 i still like this song. thumbs up for Mike Pinera

[@MexicoDigDoctor]

65 now in 2023. I think the restaurant my family and I used to eat at closed down just so I wouldn't play it on the juke box anymore. Great music, great times (when we were on our own).

[@thomaskennedy3057]

Right behind you at 67. Love this song. I had my daughter put it on an MP3 player with a bunch of oldies for me about 15 years ago. Used to listen while I was keying mail at the Post Office.

[@RUDEMASTER]

I'm right with you guys i'm sixty three

[@kodiakbearson8815]

Oh Lord, I do miss these times. 10 years old, riding my bike with my buddies down to the river on a warm summer day for a glorious day of fishing and listening to this song on my A.M. radio. When the fish didn't bite, it turned into a swim fest. For those of us that grew up in this magical time,.... I'm SURE you can relate. Simple, endless summer days that mean so much more to us now that we are older.

[@brucecurtis3079]

I still can't move very far from the little shire, early orchards & fresh down a quarter miles is just picked fruits/vegetables... The little shire of Campbell! Beautiful memories. Cutting through orchards and creeks walking to school. Thanks for my hometown... Excellent choice! RIP I'll always love and admire you both!

[@sharkchaparral4439]

We were too busy watchin' those raindrops fall‼️ Good Days and most Excellent Music‼️

[@davemcclure5481]

I was 13 great songs

[@collettakeesee4343]

Sixty-two now and loving it. ❤

[@MRVISTA-wz7vj]

the sun was never brighter. the grass was never greener. the sky was never bluer🎉😢

[@LeeKobe1]

I'm 67 yrs young and grew up listening to this, one of my favorite tunes, while out plowing and discing fields for what seemed like an eternity. It provided a much needed, mental escape from the boredom. Started working the fields at age 12.

[@drpoundsign]

Had to beat HECK out of "International Harvester."

[@ihfarmer8164]

@@drpoundsignmaybe he’s more of a John Deere green kind of guy 🤷‍♂️

[@MrTruckerf]

I am the same age and same background. Spent a lot of time from 1970-'73 listening to Top 40 tunes on a fender mounted radio which was on a JD 4020. If the radio broke, I didn't work until it was fixed.

[@petegregory517]

Me too, 1964-‘69. In ‘70 “My” USMC took charge.

[@scottwilliams5642]

Wait, you guys had radios on your tractors???! I just had to sing it myself from memory.

[@johncronk3939]

It’s amazing how many one hit wonders are among the greatest songs ever written. This and Brandy right on top of the list.

[@markberryhill2715]

Band of Gold by Freda Payne from the same period. In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry. The list goes on and on ...

[@lonelybro77]

Even more amazing was Denny's career long after this..

[@jeffalbillar7625]

Never been any reason is another one

[@lonelybro77]

@@RaymondGinn1978 no, but the local AM stn's hits records. KRLA and KHJ Los Angeles...for memory buffs😎

[@lonelybro77]

@@liber8or Green-Eyed Lady, and Don't Call Us (we'll call you). Sugarloaf: 2-hit wonders!

[@Lilysnowy5571]

End of December 2023 and still loving this song, good memories from a better time

[@tao5elementos]

Amazing song! :)

[@LoneLee2022]

Yup! The flip side of the 45 rpm record was "Pay My Dues"

[@Charles-jg8dz]

Great time to be alive when music was King.

[@Opalskies27]

Love this song I was a little girl when this came out,but I remember hearing it riding in our station wagon with my parents,great childhood memories!!!💙

[@TheBob3759]

1970 was a great year for music. This song is one example why.

[@stephenjones5304]

I think 1970 was the best year for 45's. The consensus seems to be 1971 for albums. Thanks.

[@markberryhill2715]

1970 was a great year for movies 🎥 and sports as well.

[@66impala71]

1970 was a good year for me personally 😁

[@edwardmcmanus7496]

1970 was for sure great. But 1965 was the best with the emergence of Motown, the Kinks, the Animals , DC5, to name a few.

[@66impala71]

1965 - 1975 the best decade of all time imho

[@susanhooper1605]

My mom and I would always play this on the jukebox … this song came on her Hospice music tv station and she listened to me sing it and smiled and passed on shortly after - this song will have so many memories in my heart ❤️

[@Mharris73]

Precious memories. So sorry for your loss. ❤

[@cruisingmimi9319]

What a beautiful story to remember, share and smile to! You helped ease your Mother into Eternity. God bless you!!!

[@susanhooper1605]

@@cruisingmimi9319 Thank you 😊- music helps us in so many ways

[@drpoundsign]

Awww...that was your collective "Drops of Jupiter." When MY Mother was spending her Last night in inpatient hospice, (on a New Year's Eve) Dad tried to soothe her by us watching NYE specials. On ONE show-they had a Singing Sheltie that howled. (WE had a Sheltie years before...we Loved her, but she wasn't that Talented.) Mom saw it and exclaimed: "AWWwww...that's a CUTE Sheltie!" It was one of the Last things she Ever Said...Before passing a little after 3 AM. I checked youtube a few years back, and SURE Enough-there was a video of that Dog. Me and the poster exchanged memories of my Dearly Departed Mom and her Sheltie.

[@susanhooper1605]

@@drpoundsign that’s a nice story … I have never heard of Drops of Jupiter before - it makes sense to me now - thank you for sharing

[@sandygrimes7196]

2021 and still loving this song, so glad I grew up in the 70s and 80s to enjoy such great music ❤️

[@bafireman101]

Amazing

[@AZTexian5]

Me too! Adding this song to our group for the morning ear worm 😉😁

[@frankmj9631]

Can´t beleive there from my hometown...Tampa

[@rwforrester]

Amen!!!!

[@sandygrimes7196]

@@frankmj9631 cool 😎

[@americanpatriotbill]

Still jamming in 2024...timeless

[@johncarsell1205]

49 years later and I still love this song!

[@cathycastleton]

Met too ! My son has done 5 Sydney to hobarts And his crewmate just done his sixth !

[@Icarmzzy]

Half Century!!!! We can laugh our lives away stilllllll.... Right!

[@sdriza]

50.....

[@ratloz2]

51 years and still sounds like a good idea!

[@greggstockhausen7708]

Who doesn’t love this song.

[@McCensored]

One of the most underrated rock songs of all time! Ten out of ten!!

[@paulgentile1024]

That beautiful soul in the middle of the song so incredible and clean

[@markosko8393]

For sure.

[@thunderdeed1]

Every time this song came on the radio in the car my mom would crank it up and we’d all start singing.

[@trsdarrin]

Cool memory

[@brotherbluto4524]

How has this song not made it into a Guardians of the Galaxy movie? It fits perfectly!

[@Windjammers1]

Maybe in the third movie?

[@LordMondegrene]

Gotta get this song to the producers.

[@KenEnCuenca]

For sure!

[@Horse-bc8zp]

Their not worthy?

[@brianvincentdoucet4273]

I vaguely remember hearing this song when I was a boy. And I was a baby when it came out. Now that I've found it, and thus learned the title of this song and the name of the group that performed it, I can enjoy it again and again. The 1970s had great music. And it is March of 2024 that I am hearing this and typing this comment.

[@dennisd4452]

This song takes me back to my childhood in Chicago. Fishing with my brothers and my father. Rest In Peace dad. You always made sure there was a roof over our heads and food on the table.

[@joealberti7762]

Super CFL!

[@JustPlainSteve5372]

❤

[@coocoocachooglin]

Amazing how my 62 year old self can hear a blast from the past like this and have the physical feeling of being transported back to those days and locations and be experiencing as if I just went back in a Time Machine. 😊

[@garyhunter-ev1pi]

I'm with you all the way.

[@daveygibney9582]

Music is a Time Machine.

[@debbieleigh4537]

I wouldn't change anything about growing up in this time and all the awesome music we experienced!

[@dianenecaise1776]

Born 1956, the songs seemed to be predicting something we are needing now. I really feel for the children of today.

[@kevinrudisill6129]

Today's music has doesn't have a chance this is real from the heart and soul

[@strategery101]

Music has been garbage for at least 20 years

[@Skynyrdforever]

This another of the great music that came from the 60's and 70's. Glad I was there to enjoy it firsthand.

[@dougbodenhamer9391]

Part of the soundtrack of my youth. What a killer tune!

[@LoneLee2022]

For sure! I miss the 70's!

[@fouresterofthetrees287]

I appreciate them using what looks to be regular people surfing average waves rather than pros on giant waves.

[@thomascooper6542]

I was born in 59. One of the greatest satisfactions of my life was hearing the world's greatest soundtrack in my childhood.

[@timwebber8630]

Still digging this over 50-years later! Man, the '70s were incredible!

[@douglasmcconnell8116]

Timeless classic, that never gets old.

[@bopowers5534]

Best Summer of my life. Heard this song 1000 times and more.

[@albertmusco]

Me too !

[@Icarmzzy]

And this Summer 2020? Of course it doesn't compare for you I'm sure!!

[@albertmusco]

@@Icarmzzy As a senior and a Covid-19 shut in over the past six months . This has been the strangest summer of my entire life. I have taken advantage of the time to weight train daily and review and expand my knowledge of music theory . I can.t turn back the clock become 18 again.

[@leed1793]

I'm 62, this was the best song ever to roller skate to

[@ruffusp768]

It’s 2024 and still digging it

[@dannysytchannel9359]

Sometimes, I catch a line and it makes me happy just for being written...."Be amazed at the friends you have here on your trip"

[@mikehalpern1439]

Good call Danny

[@billc307]

I was a 9 year old kid listening to this on the radio. I wish I could go back to those days.

[@ralphsanchico2452]

I wasn't too far behind you, I was 12! Sporting the suede jackets frills and round rim glasses! (LOL)

[@johnconaway129]

Was in the grocery store today, and this song came on. You know you're getting old when you not only recognize the songs on the musack, you like them.

[@ronniedudley2697]

I WAS IN THE 'NAM 69-70, WHEN THIS SONG 🎵 CAME OUT .

[@Ralphieboy]

My taste in music is jaded because I grew up with music like this in the background...I can appreciate some modern stuff but none of it tops songs like this or goey beyond them in creativity, innovation and conveying depth of feeling.

[@CBeard849]

I'm 65 and this song is just as "fresh" as ever!!

[@dannyjones3840]

Only one of THE BEST songs ever made!

[@mikepj67]

always loved this song

[@Sbanger58]

Good Memories ... Those were the days when the music actually told a story ... This ones classic!!!

[@RC-Flight]

I was born in 1962 and remember hearing this great song on the radio as a kid! What a great time to be a kid.

[@Classicrocker6119]

A perfect song as there will ever be. Awesome harmony and musicianship (especially the drumming!). An awesome entry to help usher in the 1970’s.

[@johnschoonover5914]

I was born in the 60's great tunes and still listening. Great memories in the 80'S and 90's. Still here August 2024!!!

[@paulthanasse7405]

I'm 65 years old...I still have this 45 that I bought when this came out...I still love it...truly great tune!

[@jorgegonzales9815]

My high school year 1970 in Tracy, California. "73 men sailed her from the San Francisco Bay. Rolled off of that ship and here's what they had to say. Were calling everyone to ride along to another shore. We can laugh our lives away and be free once more." Loved hearing this fantastic song for years after when I was going to college. It explained to me what was happening in front of me. An exciting time leaving high school, my home town, exploring the world around me, girls, jobs, the future. All about freedom and a new vision. Amazing times in the 60's and 70's. Why can't today's young people perform songs like these.

[@ronniedudley2697]

I was in the ARMY 68-70 and in Viet Nam 69-70 ❤

[@terrabeardall2378]

Oh wow who out there remembers this good classic rock song. I do I do I do I do. 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃

[@craigf2696]

I do too. This is only one of a veritable plethora... Like science, music is currently having a near death experience...

[@rickwidlund3512]

Yea, I still need that time machine, whose with me ?

[@Tralfaz666]

I can’t believe this song is over 50 years old. I was a kid when it came out. It’s a shame they left off the sick guitar solo at the end.

[@mikehenson819]

I’ve always felt the same about the song, and how they cut that last solo out! In fact I was actually angry the record company did. I wished the master could be found and rereleased in the long version if there is one.

[@tedfordhyde]

One of the coolest songs of all time.

[@davidhackett7106]

I love this song. In the early 90's I was stationed in Alameda on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and we literally "sailed up from the San Francisco Bay." There were around 80 guys in my division (close to the 73 mentioned in this song) and, man, did we ever have some great times.

[@paulaelizabethg]

My dad and I, singing along to this in the car. Summer 1970, driving to the beach. I was 6. 🙂

[@hahalame8728]

Yes these were the best days thank God for memories!!

[@jeffj9322]

Happy Birthday Mike Pinera born on September 29, 1948. He is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who started professionally in the late 1960's with the group Blues Image, which had a number 4 hit in 1970 with their song "Ride Captain Ride". After the break-up of that group, he joined Iron Butterfly, and later formed the group Ramatam. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pinera

[@rjnuzzi1648]

Iconic AM hit song from that era... the best songs were still Top 20 AM... this is a biggie from that summer...

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Top 40 music on AM radio! With apologies to Archie and Edith Bunker, THOSE were the days!

[@robertwilkinson3990]

My very first record purchase, it was a 45 . I was probably about 8 or 9. Played it endlessly. 😊 my sister was with me, she’s gone now but I remember this experience with her like it was yesterday.

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

Another forgotten group. And that an unforgettable song. Great musicianship.

[@tj4435]

Great find! Even though they are on the beach, it sounds like the studio version! Imagine that! We can laugh our lives away and be free once more.......

[@kevinwalton7224]

I remember hearing this on the radio when it was just a kid now 59, thanx Mom I loved you radio stations

[@cybo56]

I remember Maggie May, Get Ready by Rare Earth and this song all came out at the same time and I couldn’t get enough of them. Funny the things that stick in one’s memory.

[@user-tr3kf9hs6g]

Timeless Classic This be! 2018 this still sounds so Cool.

[@klauskayjay]

💕💕💕

[@racistinfidel5118]

I used to watch these guys in Miami, FL in '68 & 69. Great group.

[@antonioberuff5033]

Yep me too. At Thee Image

[@docpalazola491]

I remember Blues Image opening for The Doors at Pittsburgh's Civic Arena in May 1970.

[@davidmelton2091]

It was 6 years before I was born. Wish I could have seen it

[@WinstonOBoogie_]

Great guitar solo.

[@stevenhollingsworth733]

That's the late Kent Henry on guitar. He went on to join steppenwolf and is on the for ladies only record.

[@KevinKohlhase]

I was 11 yrs old when this came out. I used to listen to my transistor radio when I was in bed. Stations like KOMA, WLS I would listen on the AM dial.

[@craigbucl7752]

KOMA! That’s all I could get at night that was worth a darn in central Kansas back in the day. My room was upstairs, no ac! Didn’t care, somehow didn’t suffer from the heat, damn sure couldn’t handle it today.

[@Rodentjim]

I wasn't even born when this song was written and it's still one of my favourites of all time.

[@LJOBOYLE]

I was in high school at the time and wrote a term paper on U.S.S. Pueblo. I was marked down because my paper did not have a conclusion: the ship after all these years is still a commissioned Navy vessel but in captivity! Loved the song.

[@luisamorsolo2072]

53yrs back today, and still packs a mean swing. This orig. & the Blood, Sweat & Tears version with David Clayton Thomas on vocals are both great listening numbers.

[@AcmePotatoPackingPocatello]

I truly wish i could take my son back to the 1970s . 60s & 70s U.S.A. -- primetime

[@frankholt4325]

I remember hearing this classic on my little transistor radio in the summer of 1970.

[@jaysonreynolds6340]

2024 who still listening

[@kennethmcdonald5278]

While stationed aboard the U.S.S. Durham L.K.A.114 , for some reason we had the Army band on board , they put on a concert for us on the mess deck , this is one of the songs they played

[@coryorosco2740]

Performed with these guys at a celeb Beverly Hills show in 1968 along with BLack Oak Arkansas ... Mike PINERA besides his talent, Is a great soul that's what impressed me the most ! ... it was a crowded dressing room lol and GREAT SHOW by the way !

[@ralphsanchico2452]

I salute you sir!

[@stevemccooleq]

Pinera joined Iron Butterfly after the Blues Image broke up.

[@dahmanbeck5256]

Brings back great memories.

[@mylindacasbarro777]

That song was a all time fav.❤😊

[@eddiejpardovani]

I love the John Byner intro

[@floridasw8377]

Thanks, Eddie. I came to the comments to get his name. I'm 55 and recognized him immediately but it's been so long since I've seen him regularly I couldn't quite recall it.

[@ralphsanchico2452]

Whatta shame this group couldn't crank some more hits, they definitely had the talent to do so!

[@keithhackett330]

I was just one month away starting kindergarten when this song was a hit in August of 1970.

[@alanb287]

I loved this song when it came out. Joe Lala!!! I had no idea!!

[@Porsche996driver]

Cool. Peace all! ✨

[@tommyboyindy1157]

2021 and it still sounds good.

[@otaku1524]

Be 70 yrs. Young next month. Had great music back in the 70's didn't they?

[@dianenecaise1776]

Yes they did❤

[@eldorado1830]

Excellent song, brings back so many memories I was like eleven years old when it was on the radio.

[@TWayneD1020]

Great memories, part of my young life ❤!!

[@debrasamson6154]

One of my favorites. Some very good memories are stirred whenever I hear this song.

[@afreelancesketchartist261]

40 years old and this song randomly popped in my head. Still don’t remember where I’ve heard it from

[@ScottRock-mr6qk]

They don't write music like that anymore. What a shame too.

[@wikd_fury1]

Love this song

[@bh-zj4yt]

I sang and played drums when i was 15 in a band with friends from church, we played this tune. First time hearing it in 50 years, what a trip

[@OblivionAviator]

Damn! I had this 45. Was in a Clearwater cover band who did this song a few years back & had nooo idea these guys were a Tampa band! Great old song!

[@trsdarrin]

I used to sit in a restaurant back in those days. There was a little jukebox at each table. I believe it was a dime to play songs, I spent quite a bit of my small paycheck listening to this song.

[@pagecampbelljr4562]

Great Song !!!!.

[@debrajones9907]

memoires I was just like 7 or 8 but I can still remember this song growing up in the 70s was like you never want to grow up but then you wish you were older. BACK IN THE 70S EVERYTHING WAS SO GREAT! THE PEOPLE,THE MUSIC,"NOT LIKE NOW". EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE,. ALL WE CAN DO IS HOLD ON THOSE DAMN GOOD MEMOIRES THAT THIS GOOD MUSIC BRINGS US

[@batswbennett]

Living in the past is a death sentence.

[@undergroundwarrior70]

I was 14 in 1970.

[@irishbob817]

@@batswbennett Good point. Yet, we can still move on, and continue to enjoy this music.. Example: I'm leaving Canada soon, to emigrate to another Country. I will take this music with me. For me, that is not living in the past. But more like enjoying my memories..

[@irishbob817]

@@undergroundwarrior70 I was 15

[@rcknrdnk]

I was still swimming around in the 70s but love this music

[@Morriscatt]

I was 17, operating a Wheat Truck or Operating a Combine. Listened to local Rock station out west of Amarillo, Tx. while working. Had some good harvest luck got a rain and off I was on Route 66 hitchhiking to Dumas TX, where Blues Image was playing Friday night. Hitched a ride with a nice couple with family to North Amarillo Blvd, Amarillo TX. walking north towards Dumas, an old about 49 Plymouth passed by my held out thumb, while American Flags flew 0ut both back windows. After I flipped them off (for not stopping), they stopped. We were all on our way to Dumas. We arrived to a City Hall with brown metal chairs all across the big hall, full of people sitting and listening to Blue's Image. Could not stand that so I slid my chair out of road, grabbed a pretty girl and starting dancing. In minutes the whole place was dancing to Ride Captain Ride!

[@honey7540]

Damn this song hits on so many levels

[@tjsquishface138]

I just found this song about a year ago. This is now my go-to drinking & foosball jam. Game on! Cheers everyone!

[@JimcDJ1]

From the best year EVER in music, in my opinion, 1970!

[@daisywrabbit]

I agree

[@jimrebr]

I saw this band constantly as a teenager, loved them ❤

[@johnnyintrieri]

Right Efn On!! Still a Mint Song!! Where'd it all go man? Take me back! 👍🏻🙏🏼😎

[@tonybahama6817]

My favorite tune growing up in the 60’s; TIMELESS.

[@tats7859]

I was 12 years old when I first heard this one in a life time song, sometimes I wish I could go back to me and the friends I grew up with riding our stingrays bike cycle to the beach, uptown... 54 years later we are all still friends and well most of us graduate to the bikes with a motor between our legs with the sounds of pure raw power... and of course over those years we have lost a few from our neighborhood, Tom, Greg, Paul, Jeff, Tim, Gary,Rick, Ronnie and my brother Charlie miss them all, my neighborhood was mostly guys and

[@independent6271]

As a kid in Queens this song transported the soul.

[@carlosvazquez3263]

🤝🏼🤙😎