Known for its electric keyboard riff, “Ride Captain Ride” was a fantasy song about breaking free. Pinera’s wife, Valerie, told Songfacts the song was completely fictional despite speculation that it was based on Sir Francis Drake’s voyage around the west coast of America in 1579.
“Ride Captain Ride” was Blues Image’s only hit. By the time the song peaked on the Billboard charts, the band had broken up, with Pinera joining Iron Butterfly and Konte later moving on to Three Dog Night.
Pinera once revealed he was under a lot of pressure to come up with a song as Blues Image ran out of studio time during the recording sessions for the Open album.
Pinera explained that he shut himself in a bathroom and began to meditate.
Konte then came up with a melody for the chorus, and Blues Image recorded the song just in time.
“So many memories of those times, mostly all great,” he once said in an interview posted by Blues.gr. “Blues Image members were real good friends. We were all united in wanting to be the best we could be. We would reach for musical moments that were way deep inside. Average and mediocre were not acceptable to us.”
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