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Ride Captain Ride
Joe Lynn Turner has recorded a track for the upcoming tribute album from Cleopatra Records called Yacht Metal — Yacht Rock Goes Heavier & Louder. It is a cover of Ride Captain Ride, originally by Blues Image. The track is now available as a single.
It was 1970 and ‘Ride Captain Ride’ was the big song…it went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart but was forever engraved in our lives. I played it in my cover band a thousand times.
It was a real joy to do a new version for Cleopatra…a fun tune with a positive message…hope you enjoy it as much as I still do!
[Update 2026-04-16]: The album, titled Yacht Metal has been out since some time in late 2025, and besides JLT features contributions from several other members of the family.
Track listing
- Lotta Love — Kim McAuliffe, Leader Of Down
- Magnet and Steel — Cherie Currie, Mick Box
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song) — Ronnie Romero, Britt Lightning
- Ride Captain Ride — Joe Lynn Turner, Marcus Nand
- Just the Two of Us — Graham Bonnet, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal
- Takin’ It To The Streets — Bullet Boys, Bob Daisley, Mick Box
- Love Will Keep Us Together — George Lynch, Femme Fatale
- You Can Do Magic — Phil Soussan, Mick Box, Marc Lopes
- Kiss You All Over — Tim “Ripper” Owens, Vinnie Moore
- Sailing — Babylon A.D.
- Moonlight Feels Right — Chris Poland, Tantric
- Fooled Around And Fell In Love — Ross The Boss, Doogie White
- Thunder Island — Thor, Steve Morse
It is available on CD and vinyl, and can be ordered directly from the label.
Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info, and to Uwe for the 2026 update.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
I very much like the song, but neither in its original version
https://youtu.be/HqFFjoRnltg
nor in the Blood, Sweat & Tears cover
https://youtu.be/Q52A_M1At1A
would I ever consider it Yacht Rock. Yes, it’s about people sailing, but if that determined whether it was Yacht Rock, then Mk III’s Sail Away is Yacht Rock too. Or Led Zep’s Immigrant Song and Styx’ Boat On The River not to mention this tune here, popularized, but not written by Rod Stewart:
https://youtu.be/ErVnD9NvMwM
May 14th, 2025 at 18:38That is actually a hilarious (in a good way) compilation, highly entertaining, I had to laugh out loud a couple of times listening to it, it’s a bit like Beavis & Butthead would (re)imagine Yacht Rock to be.
Ronnie’s Spanish accent works fine here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTk5WdkX5fc
Doogie even approaches Mick Hucknall (of Simply Red, a in my ears great singer) territory, I frankly didn’t know he had it in him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ex6iijBUA
This is a humorous take on an original too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es0pb1MMB74
Finally, for our Morse-Mädchen Beate: Featuring the “best ager widowed Floridian hay farmer with controversial T-shirt tastes” …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyYKfbLh8XQ
The featured vocalist here is of course a Nordic deity going by the name of Thor …
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmRmNzMyYmEtYmUxMy00MTNjLTk2OWEtMDI0OTE0NGY3MjQ5XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg
… so we all know now what shoulder-muscles-baring Steve’s body building role model seems to be. Oil’em up, Beate! 🤣
As I said: a “good fun” album, guaranteed to brighten up your day.
April 17th, 2026 at 10:31Thor and Steve Morse! Couldn’t have made that up even under heavy drug influence!
April 17th, 2026 at 11:34Uwe, where did you dig these songs song up from, the netherworld?
April 17th, 2026 at 22:33Well, Herr MacGregor, as a chronicler of the band I do take a fleeting interest in what ALL roots and branches do … I also dislike loose ends.
https://youtu.be/mMEWsSdzHI8
It drives my Kraut anally-retentive character nuts whenever music is mentioned as imminent for publication here and then not followed up upon release. Unordentlich!
April 18th, 2026 at 13:33