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Mike Pinera 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.<ref>[http://www.realrock.com/mpbio.htm Mike Pinera Biography], Official Mike Pinera website.</ref> Blues Image soon signed with [[Atlantic Records]] where they scored the major hit "[[Ride Captain Ride]]" which Pinera co-wrote and sang. |
Mike Pinera 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.<ref>[http://www.realrock.com/mpbio.htm Mike Pinera Biography], Official Mike Pinera website.</ref> Blues Image soon signed with [[Atlantic Records]] where they scored the major hit "[[Ride Captain Ride]]" which Pinera co-wrote and sang. |
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Pinera later joined the band Iron Butterfly in 1970. Iron Butterfly released their fourth studio album, Metamorphosis with two new members, guitarist/vocalist Mike Pinera (whose Blues Image had opened for the Butterfly's Vida tour) and guitarist Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt. The album reached the top 20, <ref>≈WikipediaIron Btterflypage</ref> |
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Pinera later was employed with Atlantic Records label mate [[Iron Butterfly]], serving as one of four guest guitarists on their album ''[[Metamorphosis (Iron Butterfly album)|Metamorphosis]]'', and contributing lead vocals to several tracks. On the strength of his contributions, ''Metamorphosis'' was officially credited to "Iron Butterfly With Pinera & Rhino", and Pinera was later asked to join the group. When [[Doug Ingle]] left shortly after, Pinera served as the band's sole lead vocalist for several months, after which the band broke up. The only Iron Butterfly recording where Pinera appears as an official member is the single "[[Silly Sally]]". |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Carlos Michael Pinera |
| Born | 29 September 1948 Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Genres | Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock, rock and roll, folk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter, producer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, theremin, bass, banjo, harmonica, dobro, sitar, keyboards, tambourine, tamboura, hurdy-gurdy, pedal steel guitar |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Labels | Atco |
Mike Pinera (born September 29, 1948) is an American guitarist who started professionally in the late 1960s with the group Blues Image, which had a #4 hit in 1970 with their song "Ride Captain Ride". After the breakup of that group, he joined Iron Butterfly, and later formed the group Ramatam. Pinera was then the founding member of the band New Cactus, a later incarnation of the band Cactus. He was the guitarist for Alice Cooper from 1980-1983. He is currently performing with the Classic Rock All Stars.[2] Pinera met the band Renegade through their manager, Kim Richards, who also managed Pinera at the time.[3] They remained close friends and appear together in the television special "Renegade Live @ The House of Blues", which was filmed before a sold out audience at the Hollywood House of Blues.[4]
Career
Early years
Mike Pinera 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.[5] Blues Image soon signed with Atlantic Records where they scored the major hit "Ride Captain Ride" which Pinera co-wrote and sang.
Pinera later joined the band Iron Butterfly in 1970. Iron Butterfly released their fourth studio album, Metamorphosis with two new members, guitarist/vocalist Mike Pinera (whose Blues Image had opened for the Butterfly's Vida tour) and guitarist Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt. The album reached the top 20, [6]
Solo career
In 1978, Pinera's first solo album, Isla, was released. It was followed by Forever in 1979. Neither album achieved considerable sales, though Forever did give birth to the single "Goodnight My Love", which reached No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[7]
References
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ Mike Pinera interview in St. Petersburg Times http://www.classicrockallstars.com/biography/mike.html
- ^ See Richards Bio http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3249319/bio
- ^ IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343396/
- ^ Mike Pinera Biography, Official Mike Pinera website.
- ^ ≈WikipediaIron Btterflypage
- ^ Mike Pinera in the Charts, AllMusicGuide.
