Jon Carin
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jon Carin
| image = Jon Carin on stage.jpg
| caption = Jon Carin in 2015
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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|10|21}}
| birth_place = New York City
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| genre = Pop, synth-pop, new wave, rock, alternative rock
| occupation = Musician, artist, producer, singer-songwriter, engineer
| instrument = Vocals, keyboards, guitar, lap steel guitar, bass, drums
| years_active = 1981–present
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| current_member_of = Roger Waters touring band
| past_member_of = {{hlist|Richard Butler band|Pink Floyd (writer & musician)|David Gilmour band|Industry|The Who (session musician)|The Bleeding Heart Band}}
| website = {{url|joncarin.com/}}
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Jon Carin (born October 21, 1964){{Cite web |title=Pink Floyd news :: Brain Damage - Jon Carin - happy birthday! |url=https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/archive/jon-carin-happy-birthday-15.html |access-date=April 20, 2023 |website=www.brain-damage.co.uk}}
is an American musician, singer, songwriter and producer. He has collaborated with acts including Pink Floyd, the Who, Eddie Vedder, Neil Finn, Kate Bush and Richard Butler.
Biography
As a teenager, Jon Carin started his professional musical career with the band Industry as their lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter. During his time with the band, they had a hit single with "State of the Nation" in 1984, being followed by the album Stranger to Stranger.[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/industry-mn0000087810/biography Industry, Artist Biography by Michael Sutton]
In 1984, he was asked by Industry's producer, Rhett Davies, to work with Bryan Ferry for his Boys and Girls album.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/boys-and-girls-mw0000189992/credits Bryan Ferry's "Boys and Girls" - credits, Allmusic.com] Later in 1985, he joined Bryan Ferry at Live Aid, where he first played with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.[https://books.google.com/books?id=hKXhLoWCPQ8C&dq=jon+carin+Bryan+ferry+live+aid&pg=PA383 Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd, by Mark Blake, 25 November 2008]
1984,1985,1986 saw him play on many artist’s albums including The Psychedelic Furs - Midnight to Midnight & Pretty in Pink soundtrack, Corey Hart and many others.
In 1985, Carin collaborated with Gilmour in the sessions for what would become Pink Floyd's album A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987). He received credit as a keyboardist and for co-writing "Learning to Fly, based on a song of his. He contributed the keyboards and drum track for that song and many others on the album.".{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-Learning-To-Fly/release/392321|title = Pink Floyd – Learning to Fly (1987, Pink, Vinyl)|website = Discogs| year=1987 }} He participated in the support tour for the album, performing alongside returning keyboardist Richard Wright, and appeared on the 1988 Pink Floyd double live album, Delicate Sound of Thunder.[http://www.pinkfloyd.com/music/musicians_live.php Pink Floyd tour musicians, pinkfloyd.com, retrieved on March 25, 2017] In 1992, Carin participated in the recording of the soundtrack for La Carrera Panamericana. Two years later, in 1994, Carin contributed keyboards to Pink Floyd's album The Division Bell (1994).{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-The-Division-Bell/release/6891633|title = Pink Floyd – the Division Bell (1994, CD)|website = Discogs| year=1994 }} He also participated on the Division Bell tour and was featured on the Pulse CD and DVD.[https://books.google.com/books?id=qnnl3FnO-B4C&dq=jon+carin+the+division+bell&pg=RA1-PT82 Echoes: The Complete History of Pink Floyd, Glenn Povey, Mind Head Publishing, 2007]
Carin performed with the Who, playing Quadrophenia in its entirety in 1996, at London's Hyde Park, which led to an extensive tour throughout much of 1996–97.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
On August 16, 1998, he produced and played keyboards and drums for Pete Townshend for a concert to raise money for the Maryville Academy. In 1999, a CD of this concert was released, being produced by Carin.[http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/other-related-interviews/jon-carin-interview-august-2007-with-brain-d-2.html Jon Carin interview - August 2007 - with Brain Damage, Arash Danesh, 17 August 2007]
Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Carin was on tour with former Pink Floyd bassist, Roger Waters, for his In the Flesh tour.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
In October 2001, Carin performed with the Who at The Concert for New York City, a tribute concert to the lives lost on September 11. In January 2002, a recording of the tribute was released on CD and DVD.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
He performed keyboards, Lap Steel guitar & vocals with Pink Floyd at their reunion with Roger Waters on July 2, 2005, for Live 8 at Hyde Park.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
In 2005, a three-disc DVD recording of the Who's 1996 performance of Quadrophenia was released.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
Carin played with David Gilmour in the 2006 tour, in support of On an Island.[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59634/waters-returns-to-the-dark-side Waters Returns To The 'Dark Side', Billboard.com, 22 February 2006] From June 2006, he played on Roger Waters The Dark Side of the Moon Live tour, with dates in 2007 and 2008.[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pink-floyd-reunited-with-roger-waters-10-years-ago-this-week-20150707 Pink Floyd Reunited With Roger Waters 10 Years Ago This Week, Rollingstone.com, Andy Greene, published on July 7th, 2015]
Carin has worked with such organizations as Amnesty International and Greenpeace for fundraising events, playing with Seal, Elvis Costello, the Chieftains, Spinal Tap, and many others.{{cn|date=June 2023}}
In 2006, Carin worked on the self-titled solo album by The Psychedelic Furs' frontman Richard Butler. He wrote, arranged and played all of the instrumental parts, as well as producing and engineering the album. The album was co-dedicated to Carin's late father and Butler's late father.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
On May 10, 2007, Carin was one of the performers at the Syd Barrett tribute concert, "Madcap's Last Laugh", at the Barbican Centre in London, performing with Roger Waters and – separately – the members of Pink Floyd (billed as Rick Wright, David Gilmour and Nick Mason) as well as with Captain Sensible. Two months later, Carin performed on keyboards, guitar and lead vocals with Roger Waters at the Live Earth event on July 7, 2007, at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
Carin performed with Roger Waters and Eddie Vedder for the "12/12/12" Hurricane Sandy benefit concert.{{cn|date=June 2023}}
Carin performed with Roger Waters tour "The Wall 2010–2013 Live" on keyboards, guitars, lap steel, and programming.{{cn|date=June 2023}}
In 2014, Carin performed in Kate Bush's Before the Dawn concert series at Hammersmith Apollo, her first live shows in 35 years.{{cn|date=June 2023}}
He then contributed to David Gilmour’s Rattle That Lock album, playing keyboards in 2015. Carin performed with Gilmour on his Rattle That Lock World Tour 2015–16.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
In Autumn 2016, he performed with Roger Waters on a short tour of Mexico, then at Desert Trip in Coachella.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
In 2018, he completed the 157-show Us + Them Tour with Roger Waters.{{cn|date=June 2023}}
Carin was on tour with Roger Waters' in 2022 and 2023 on his This Is Not a Drill tour, including the 2 London shows performing Waters’ reimagined The Dark Side of the Moon Redux.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
Selected discography
Industry
- State of the Nation (EP)
- Stranger to Stranger
Pink Floyd
- A Momentary Lapse of Reason
- Learning to Fly
- Delicate Sound of Thunder
- Knebworth '90
- La Carrera Panamericana (soundtrack for the film)
- Shine On
- The Division Bell
- Pulse
- Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
- Oh, By The Way
- The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door
- The Division Bell 20th Anniversary Box Set
- The Endless River
- The Later Years 1987–2019
- Live At Knebworth 1990
Roger Waters
- In the Flesh Live
- Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Vol. 1
- Live Earth
- 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief
- Roger Waters: The Wall
- Roger Waters: Us + Them
- The Lockdown Sessions (2022)
- The Dark Side of the Moon Redux 2023
David Gilmour
- On an Island (Bonus DVD with AOL Sessions and Albert Hall footage)
- Remember That Night: Live at Royal Albert Hall (DVD)
- Live in Gdańsk
- Rattle That Lock
- Live at Pompeii
The Who
- The Concert for New York City [Disc 2, tracks 2–4] (2001)
- Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who [Track 14] (2008)
- Tommy and Quadrophenia Live
Pete Townshend
- A Benefit for Maryville Academy
- Lifehouse
- Live: The Empire
- Live: The Fillmore
- Pete Townshend Live In Concert 1985-2001
Kate Bush
Richard Butler
Trashmonk
Dream Academy
- A Different Kind of Weather
- Somewhere in the Sun... Best of the Dream Academy
- The Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective
Martha Wainwright
Bryan Ferry
Soul Asylum
The Psychedelic Furs
Gipsy Kings
Live
David Broza
- Night Dawn, The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt
Fields of the Nephilim
Kashmir
Peter Perrett
- How The West Was Won
Corey Feldman
References
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External links
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- [http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/other-related-interviews/jon-carin-interview-august-2007-with-brain-d-2.html Brain Damage UK Interview August 2007 by Arash Danesh]
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