Mike Pinera
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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, 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, singer,songwriter and producer <refhttp://blues.gr/profiles/blogs/rock-s-legendary-guitarist-mike-pinera-talks-about-blues-image></ref>who started professionally in the late 1960's 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 Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). 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, [2]
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.[3]
