Blues Image - Open (1970 us mix of blues rock, latin rock and hard rock with Mike Pinera 2nd album - MP3 320K and FLAC)

[ Sundazed Records Series # 61 ]

Mike and his group Blues Image were co-founders and house band at THEE IMAGE, a Miami Beach concert venue they opened and co-headlined on weekends.

There Mike performed, met and jammed with such artists as JERRY GARCIA & GRATEFUL DEAD, THE CREAM with ERIC CLAPTON, THE YARDBIRDS with JIMMY PAGE, ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS, BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS, FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, JIMI HENDRIX, THE DOORS, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, TED NUGENT & THE AMBOY DUKES...and many more.

Blues Image soon signed with Atlantic Records where they had a major hit with "RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE" which Mike co-wrote and sang.

Ride Captain Ride is currently featured in television shows and on several best-selling music compilations offered on TV like "FLOWER POWER, HAVE A NICE DAY, PBS-MY MUSIC THE 70's, SOUNDS OF THE SEVENTIES."

The certified multi-platinum hit song is also in major movies such as ANCHORMAN.

Blues Image's second album was their most successful, in large part because of the inclusion of their huge hit single "Ride Captain Ride."

The rest of the record, however, shows them to be a band in search of a more individual voice, borrowing heavily as it does from Jimi Hendrix ("Love Is the Answer," "Pay My Dues"), Creedence Clearwater Revival ("Running the Water"), any number of average blues-rock bands ("Clean Love"), and the Latin-rock fusion of Santana ("La Bamba," "Consuelate," and the instrumental "Wrath of Daisey").

Those familiar only with "Ride Captain Ride" might be surprised at the band's versatility, which took in blues, Latin, and hard rock, though not in as even or striking a mixture as, say, Santana.

It's a pedestrian form of versatility, though, with none of the other songs possessing the pop hooks of "Ride Captain Ride."

The 2004 CD reissue on Sundazed adds historical liner notes with quotes from guitarist Mike Pinera and percussionist Joe Lala.

Track List:
01."Love Is The Answer" - 2:35
02."Running the Water" - 2:37
03."Clean Love" - 7:49
04."La Bamba" (Traditional) - 2:26
05."Consuelate" - 1:15
06."Ride Captain Ride" - 3:46
07."Pay My Dues" - 3:49
08."Fugue U" - 0:50
09."Parchman Farm" (Mose Allison) - 2:49
10."Wrath of Daisey" - 1:31
11."Take Me" - 7:35

Blues Image:
*Mike Pinera - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar
*Malcolm Jones - Bass
*Joe Lala - Percussion, Vocals
*Skip Konte - Keyboards
*Manny Bertematti - Drums

Guest:
*Kent Henry - Guitar Solos


[ Thank you MARIOS and KEITHF99 for this post ]
Previously published in the blog on Saturday, July 25, 2009
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