The song was inspired by the number of keys on Pinera's Rhodes piano:
So I say, "Okay, I need a first word." And what came into my head was 73. I liked the rhythm, and I went, "73 men sailed in, from the San Francisco Bay." ... The song sort of just wrote itself from there.[1]
—Mike Pinera
Mike Pinera, I was talking to a man I know last night and he says he is the captain in the song. He played with you at some impromtu jam and he was captain of a ship and he inspired the song. He is hard to miss as he is 6'5" tall and has an English accent. Any truth to this story. He says he was sent to save some men from a sinking ship if I heard the story right.
Mike Pinera, I was talking to a man I know last night and he says he is the captain in the song. He played with you at some impromtu jam and he was captain of a ship and he inspired the song. He is hard to miss as he is 6'5" tall and has an English accent. Any truth to this story. He says he was sent to save some men from a sinking ship if I heard the story right.
The song was inspired by the number of keys on Pinera's Rhodes piano: So I say, "Okay, I need a first word." And what came into my head was 73. I liked the rhythm, and I went, "73 men sailed in, from the San Francisco Bay." ... The song sort of just wrote itself from there.[1] —Mike Pinera
Mike Pinera, I was talking to a man I know last night and he says he is the captain in the song. He played with you at some impromtu jam and he was captain of a ship and he inspired the song. He is hard to miss as he is 6'5" tall and has an English accent. Any truth to this story. He says he was sent to save some men from a sinking ship if I heard the story right.
Mike Pinera, I was talking to a man I know last night and he says he is the captain in the song. He played with you at some impromtu jam and he was captain of a ship and he inspired the song. He is hard to miss as he is 6'5" tall and has an English accent. Any truth to this story. He says he was sent to save some men from a sinking ship if I heard the story right.