Known for their hit "Ride Captain Ride", Blues Image was formed in Tampa,
Florida in 1966 around Michael Pinera (vocals, guitar), Joe Lala (vocals,
percussion), Manuel Bertematti (drums) and Malcolm Jones (bass). Joined by Frank
"Skip" Konte on keyboards in 1968, the musicians moved to New York for a few
gigs, before settling in Los Angeles and signing with Atco, a division of
Atlantic Records, in February 1969. After a first album of the same name, which
concentrated the blues, psychedelic rock and hard rock ingredients that
characterize their music, Blues Image recorded Open (1...