The Blues Image is a late 1960s rock band whose only hit was the song "Ride Captain Ride".

The Blues Image was formed in Tampas skyline For alternate meanings, see Tampa (disambiguation) Tampa is a city located in Hillsborough County on the west coast of Florida. It is the largest city in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area which is composed of roughly 2.5 million residents. It is the county seat... Tampa, Florida in -1... 1966 by singer and guitarist Michael Pinera, percussionist Manuel Bertematti, and drummer Joe Lala. They were later joined by bassist Malcolm Jones and keyboardist Frank "Skip" Konte. They headed to This is an article about New York City; see also NYC, New York, and New York, New York. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005. New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States and is at... New York City in 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is... 1968, running a club called Image.

The band moved to This article is about the largest city in California. For other uses of Los Angeles, see Los Angeles (disambiguation) Downtown Los Angeles skyline facing northeast toward the San Gabriel Mountains on a clear winter day. Missing from the center foreground of the photo is the Staples Center arena, completed in... Los Angeles and signed with Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is a record label founded in 1947 by the Ertegun brothers, Herb Abramson and others. Athough it began as an independent record company, it became a major player in the jazz and pop music business in the 1960s. Several sub-labels have been created or... Atlantic Records, releasing their self-titled debut album in February 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 - Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January... 1969. Their second album, Open (April 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. Events January-February January 1 - Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 - Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January 15... 1970), contained their only hit song, the popular "Ride Captain Ride", which reached number four on the charts. The band was unable to capitalize on this success, however.

Pinera left the band and was replaced by singer Dennis Correll and guitarist Kent Henry. The band broke up but did release a third album, Red White & Blues Image, in May 1970.

The members of The Blues Image became parts of other bands. Pinera joined Iron Butterfly was a U.S. hard rock and psychedelic band, mostly known for their sole hit In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Their heyday was the late 1960s, but the band has reincarnated several times with various members. The band was formed in 1966 in San Diego and released their... Iron Butterfly, Konte joined Three Dog Night was an American rock and roll band active from 1968 to 1975. Their hits included; Joy to the World, Easy To Be Hard from the musical Hair, and Black and White. The band included three lead vocalists — Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells — and... Three Dog Night, and Lala played with Crosby, Stills, & Nash (sometimes known as Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young) is a pioneering folk rock/rock supergroup that formed out of the remnants of three 1960s bands the Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, and the Hollies. They are commonly referred to by their initials CSN or CSNY. They are... Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.