Jon Carin

Jon Carin
Jon Carin
	Jon Carin in 2015
Background information
Born	October 21, 1964 (age 60); New York City
Genres	Pop, synth-pop, new wave, rock, alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, artist, producer, singer-songwriter, engineer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, keyboards, guitar, lap steel guitar, bass, drums
Years active	1981–present
Member of	Roger Waters touring band; Richard Butler band; Pink Floyd (writer & musician); David Gilmour band; Industry; The Who (session musician); The Bleeding Hearts Band
Website	joncarin.com

Jon Carin (born October 21, 1964)^[1] is an American musician, singer, songwriter and producer. He has collaborated with acts including Pink Floyd, the Who, Eddie Vedder, 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.^[2]

In 1984, he was asked by Industry's producer, Rhett Davies, to work with Bryan Ferry for his Boys and Girls album.^[3] Later in 1985, he joined Bryan Ferry at Live Aid, where he first played with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.^[4]

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.".^[5] 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.^[6] 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).^[7] He also participated on the Division Bell tour and was featured on the Pulse CD and DVD.^[8]

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]}

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.^[9]

Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Carin was on tour with former Pink Floyd bassist, Roger Waters, for his In the Flesh tour.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, a three-disc DVD recording of the Who's 1996 performance of Quadrophenia was released.^{[citation needed]}

Carin played with David Gilmour in the 2006 tour, in support of On an Island.^[10] From June 2006, he played on Roger Waters The Dark Side of the Moon Live tour, with dates in 2007 and 2008.^[11]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Carin performed with Roger Waters and Eddie Vedder for the "12/12/12" Hurricane Sandy benefit concert.^{[citation needed]}

Carin performed with Roger Waters tour "The Wall 2010–2013 Live" on keyboards, guitars, lap steel, and programming.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, Carin performed in Kate Bush's Before the Dawn concert series at Hammersmith Apollo, her first live shows in 35 years.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

In Autumn 2016, he performed with Roger Waters on a short tour of Mexico, then at Desert Trip in Coachella.^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, he completed the 157-show Us + Them Tour with Roger Waters.^{[citation needed]}

Carin is currently 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.^{[citation needed]}