Riverside Municipal Auditorium - Riverside. [70], Alice in Chains' final demo, The Treehouse Tapes, was completed in 1988 and found its way to the music managers Kelly Curtis and Susan Silver, who also managed the Seattle bands Mother Love Bone and Soundgarden, respectively. In a 1998 interview with Guitar World, he was asked about the latter quality: I really don't know where that comes from; it just comes naturally to me. [24][25], After Cantrell learned to write, he documented his goal on Dr. Seuss' book, My Book About Me, filling in the sentence "When I grow up I want to be a" with the words "rock star". This is what would prompt little Jerry to write the AIC classic "Rooster". Family: His father is a Vietnam veteran; Jerry dedicated the song "Rooster" to him. [321] The injury caused the remainder of Cantrell's solo tour to be postponed. I could sit down and figure it out, but what's the use? [313] Asked about Staley's death in an interview with MTV in July 2002, Cantrell said: "It's something I'm still dealing with, and I still think like he's here. I rarely bathed during that period of writing; I sent out for food, I didn't really venture out of my house in three or four months. [229], Cantrell was one of the musicians who participated on the Founders Award Celebration honoring The Doors at Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture on December 7, 2017. My band has been doing things lately, so I don't really have time to do anything. Some guys can do multiple things and maybe when I was younger I could do that, but not now. Now I've got to step up to the plate and take a few swings. [188], Cantrell played guitar in the song "Fallen Ones"[189] from Heart's 2004 album Jupiters Darling. [31] His first job was delivering newspapers. In Alice in Chains, Cantrell was responsible for such hits as the intensely personal "Rooster," and on this, his sophomore solo outing, Cantrell . After the war, Cantrell's father bounced from one Army base to another, including stints in . [329][332] He was awarded the 2012 Stevie Ray Vaughan Award from MusiCares, for his work helping other addicts with the recovery process. Jerry Cantrell started his music career with the Marshall JCM800. [141] On June 27, 2018, the band announced the title and unveiled the cover art of the new album, Rainier Fog, released on August 24, 2018 through BMG, Alice in Chains' first release on the label. He also has a solo career and released the albums Boggy Depot in 1998 and Degradation Trip Volumes 1 2 i . [320], During his independent tour for Degradation Trip before the album was released, Cantrell broke his left hand while playing football after a concert at the Kentucky Derby on May 3, 2001. They played "Would?" [15], In October 2008, Guitar World ranked Cantrell's solo in "Man in the Box" at No. [131] He told Guitar World, "I got deathly ill. [41], Cantrell's debut solo album, Boggy Depot, was released on April 7, 1998,[152] and published by Cantrell's Boggy Bottom Publishing company. . "[20] Cantrell's manager at the time, Bill Siddons, said that Jerry really loved Layne and they had a bond he hadn't seen before. He also contributed to the soundtrack of The Cable Guy (1996), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and Dark Nights: Metal (2018), and has made cameos in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996), Rock Slyde (2009) and Deadwood: The Movie. Suffering from PTSD from the Vietnam War, Jerry Cantrell Sr. was often distant and strict, causing Jerry to often butt-heads with his father. I just don't get high today and wake up the next morning and try and do the same thing. You can get close enough to fake it, but you will never get it right. "Them Bones" is a heavy f---ing song. . JERRY CANTRELL: That was the first real concert, yeah. I'm an army brat my dad was in the army and we moved around quite a bit when I was . After Staley's death in 2002, Cantrell took the role of Alice in Chains' lead singer on most of the songs from the band's post-Staley albums, Black Gives Way to Blue (2009), The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) and Rainier Fog (2018), with DuVall harmonizing with him in the new songs and singing Staley's vocals in the old songs in live concerts.[11][12]. [55], When Cantrell was 20 years old, he was working several part-time jobs to pay his rent, one of which involved throwing boxes of frozen fish in a warehouse. [154] The tracks "Cut You In", "My Song" and "Dickeye" were released as singles to promote the album. [319] "No one in the band claims to be an expert on religion, but the title of the song [The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here] comes from something that a lot of people actually believe in". Off-time stuff is just more exciting it takes people by surprise when you shift gears like that before they even know what the hell hit 'em. Jerry's patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his twenty-first great-grandfather, John Cantrell. Guitar-wise, Jerry's playing was always exciting and interesting. TWEET. Jerry Cantrell - Biography. A Dad Band get together in a garage goes terribly wrong when a pair of underwear and nonsensical egos get in the way. I am interested in everything about music, fashion, and photography. [167] The live show was well received by audiences on a national tour that helped build upon the solo album's success. 1. [321][322] While Cantrell was running full speed, his guitar player at the time, Bryan Kehoe, was also running full speed towards him and Cantrell got his pinky finger caught in Kehoe's T-shirt sleeve. The experience with Camp Freddy inspired Cantrell and The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy to form their own covers band,[211] the rock supergroup Cardboard Vampyres (named after Cantrell's cats). [196] Aday stated that she thought Cantrell would be a good person to put in some "heartbroken, haunting, crying guitar" on the track. [230] Cantrell sang "Love Her Madly" accompanied by The Doors' original guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboardist George Laks, bassist Zander Schloss, and drummer Brian Young. [175] He was joined by Greg Puciato and Terra Lopez on vocals, Tyler Bates on guitar, Johnny Scaglione on acoustic guitar, James Lomenzo on bass, Gil Sharone on drums, Jordan Lewis on keyboards and Michael Rozon on pedal steel guitar. [226] On December 16, 2015, Cantrell joined the supergroup Royal Machines at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood and performed Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak" and Alice in Chains' "Would?" He served with the 101st Airborne Division, which has a fitting shoulder insignia: the bald eagle. [93] The album's fifth track was an instrumental song, "Whale & Wasp", described by Cantrell as "a conversation between whales and wasps". [202][203] Cantrell joined the band again for their performance of "Walk" during a concert in San Jose, California on February 6, 2001. His father is an Army veteran, and his mother was an amateur organist and melodica player who worked as an administrative assistant for the Clover Park School District in Pierce County, Washington. [153] The title comes from the ghost town of the same name in Oklahoma, which is the area that Cantrell's father grew up in. Cantrell performed his solo material along with Alice in Chains' songs and covers of other artists such as Elton John and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966)[1] is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. The song was released as a single in digital platforms.[237]. . Sean [Kinney] was at the door with my brother, so my choices were open the door and go to rehab or jump out the back window down a cliff into some blackberry bushes. His first solo concerts since 2004. Relationships. [181] Cantrell's third solo album is titled Brighten and was released on October 29, 2021. [344] Cantrell won the league for the first time in 2016, and in 2017 he decided to donate the proceeds to MusiCares in Chris Cornell's memory, and to Music for Relief in memory of Chester Bennington. Biography Early life. Cantrell's early influences made Alice in Chains' heavy metal tones stand out among their fellow grunge/alternative rock-oriented bands of the Seattle music scene. They recorded a four-song demo at London Bridge Studio. You can hear that across Alice In Chains' discography, a sense of golden-hued classicism applying light and shade. The younger Cantrell watched his father deploy twice and never talk about what happened in Vietnam. 77 on its list of "100 Greatest Guitar Solos". [59] He was homeless after being kicked out of his family's house,[26] so Staley invited Cantrell to live with him at the 24-hour rehearsal studio "The Music Bank". He spent his childhood days in Spanaway. [291], In the early 1990s, Cantrell and his Alice in Chains bandmates Layne Staley and Mike Starr were featured on the music video "Never a Know, But the No", from the Seattle thrash metal band Forced Entry. Buy Jerry Cantrell tickets from the official Ticketmaster.com site. Jerry Cantrell father's name is . [49], In 1985, Cantrell was going to winter semester of college,[50] but he decided to quit it and moved to Dallas, Texas, to join a band with a couple of friends. [278], Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash stated in a 2010 interview with Epiphone.com that Cantrell is one of the most inspiring lead guitar players that have come out in the last 20 years.[279]. tour.[168]. [307] At the start of 1991, Cantrell moved in with Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell and his then-wife Susan Silver at their house in Seattle. [275], In July 2006, British hard rock/metal magazine Metal Hammer awarded Cantrell the title of "Riff Lord" at its annual Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards show, held at the London Astoria. 77 on its list of "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" in 2008. His father is an Army veteran, and his mother was an amateur organist and melodica player who worked as an administrative assistant for the Clover Park School District in Pierce County, Washington. [102], Although never officially disbanding, Alice in Chains was plagued by extended inactivity from 1996 onwards due to Staley's substance abuse, which resulted in his death in 2002. The chorus speaks of Jerry's father. But it's writ large across Brighten. Jerry Cantrell 5 x 7 photograph signed with proof. Cantrell said in his acceptance speech, "I crash landed here almost 9 years ago, in Los Angeles. I was living in Pennsylvania on an army base where my dad was stationed," Cantrell began . selling over 500,000 copies in the U.S.[134], The band released their fifth studio album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, on May 28, 2013,[135] and Cantrell continued his role of main singer in the album. [51], In 1985 or 1986, Cantrell moved back to Tacoma and began a band called Diamond Lie, which included singer Scott Damon, drummer Bobby Nesbitt and bassist Matt Muasau. [232] Cantrell performed Alice in Chains' hits "Would?" [235], In February 2017, Cantrell released the song "A Job to Do", the end-title song to John Wick: Chapter 2. With all the crazy weather, Jerry Cantrell and his band showed up to rock the RMA. Layne Staley was incredibly hard to work with during AIC recording their self-titled album. [250], Apart from his signature G&L Guitars, Cantrell has also been seen playing a Telecaster,[251] a Fender Standard Stratocaster Brown Sunburst,[252] a Gibson Les Paul[253][254] most notably an Ivory White Les Paul with torch burn marks that Cantrell made all over the guitar, which is the guitar that Cantrell has used on all of the Alice in Chains albums along with the original Blue Dress G&L. Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. Do you take the Led Zeppelin approach and never play again, because the guy was that important? He grew up in Spanaway, and is the oldest of three children. That's the choice I took. Studio X was the same studio where the band recorded their self-titled album, Alice in Chains (1995),[139][140] Recording was completed in January 2018. He is the son of Gloria Jean (Krumpos) and Jerry Fulton "Rooster" Cantrell, Sr. His father is from Atoka, Oklahoma. [315][316] Cantrell dedicated his solo album, Degradation Trip, released two months after Staley's death, to his memory. JERRY CANTRELL: 'Touring Is Getting On A Pirate Ship And Not Coming Back For A Year And A Half' . [243], Cantrell used the original "Blue Dress" guitar on the music videos for "Man in the Box",[244] "We Die Young",[245] "Sea of Sorrow",[246] "Grind",[247] and "Again". [41] He also considers himself "half Yankee and half redneck". [217] The following night, Cantrell joined the band to perform "Kick Out the Jams". He would later cite guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix,[44] Ace Frehley, Tony Iommi, Angus Young, Jimmy Page, Glenn Tipton, K.K. 37 out of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" also by Guitar World in 2012. When she passed away, it was a really shitty time for me. Downing, David Gilmour, Nancy Wilson,[45] and Eddie Van Halen as major influences,[46] as well as Elton John[47] and bands Fleetwood Mac,[47] Heart[45][48] and Rush as his early songwriting idols. [71] After three months of negotiations, Alice in Chains signed to Columbia Records on September 11, 1989. It's a tough thing to go through. Cantrell has been rumored to be working on his third full-length solo album for several years, for a supposedly planned release in 2006. But it gave me the impetus to do what I'm doing. [129][130] The title track is a tribute to Layne Staley written and sung by Cantrell, accompanied by Elton John playing piano. [334] He also supports Road Recovery, an organization dedicated to helping young people battling addiction. When the opportunity arose to create a song for the second film, Tyler Bates and I wrote and recorded 'A Job To Do', a theme song for the character. [123] The band didn't have a record label at the time and the album was funded by Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney. Show All Dates . [348][349][350], Cantrell and his Alice in Chains bandmates offer special seating at their concerts for veterans from Operation Ward 57, a fund for wounded soldiers. 1 hits,[145] and eleven Grammy Award nominations.[146]. [320] Cantrell also stated that he's sick of the hypocrisy that's taken over many facets of organized religion. [195], In 2010, Cantrell played guitar on the song "Anything" from Pearl Aday's debut album, Little Immaculate White Fox. Net worth of - Inside Billy Currington's Million Dollar Fortune And Love Life. "[34] His choir teacher and drama teacher were, early on, his two greatest motivators toward a career in music. [294] Cantrell said about the film; "I get more people coming up to me telling me my line. It's always been my first love, and always will be, but the situation being what it is we've been together for a long time, and right now it's kinda played out. Jerry Cantrell - Boggy Depot. It's also effective when you slow something down and then slam 'em into the dash. [159], In 1998, Layne Staley almost performed live again since Alice in Chains' last concert in July 1996,[160] when Cantrell went to Seattle on his solo tour for Boggy Depot. [206] He was also asked by Nickelback's frontman, Chad Kroeger, to contribute to the song "Hero" for the 2002 film Spider-Man. I don't quite know what the mixture is, but there's definitely metal, blues, rock and roll, maybe a touch of punk. 1. Alice in Chains Jerry Cantrell. Jerry Cantrell April 28, 2022 The Depot. Silver was also Alice in Chains' manager. [63] Staley, who was Cantrell's roommate at the time, agreed to join on the condition that Cantrell join his funk project (which ended shortly after),[64] and Staley joined Cantrell's band on a full-time basis. The only reason I did those two records is because we weren't working as a band. "When I was a little kid, I'd always tell her, "I'll be famous and buy you a house and you'll never have to work again. More colors. One night at a party in 1987, he ran into Alice in Chains' future guitarist, Jerry Cantrell. [282], In 2018, Cantrell was named "Guitarist of the Year" by Ultimate Guitar's readers poll. Jerry Fulton Cantrell Sr., nickname "Rooster," was a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. [15] Guitar World also ranked Cantrell's solo in "Man in the Box" at No. "I was thinking about my dad; my folks got divorced when I was pretty young, so my dad wasn't a big part of my teen years, but he was a badass and a hardass; he was an army sergeant, but I didn't see a whole lot of him. [138], In June 2017, Alice in Chains returned to Seattle's Studio X to record their sixth studio album. One of grunge's (and now hard rock's) heavy hitters, there's also a case for Alice In Chains as one of the heaviest bands of all time - certainly in a lyrical sense. [131] Cantrell believes the mystery illness was the pain of saying goodbye to Staley. G&L Guitars makes two Jerry Cantrell Signature guitars available to the general public for purchase. It's completely a reunion because the three of us who're left are back together. [143], As part of the promotion of Rainier Fog, the baseball team Seattle Mariners hosted an "Alice in Chains Night" at the Safeco Field in Seattle on August 20, 2018, and Cantrell threw out the ceremonial first pitch and delivered a strike before the Mariners vs. Houston Astros game. It's more than just making music, and it always has been. The actor was raised in Spanaway. "[329] While recuperating at home in a sling, Cantrell heard a riff in his head and sang it into his phone. [97] The singles "Grind", "Over Now", and "Heaven Beside You" feature Cantrell on lead vocals. [27] Cantrell wrote the song "Rooster" at the Cornells' house and stayed there for a few weeks. [136][137] The album debuted at No. The Jerry Cantrell "Wino" Les Paul from Gibson Custom Shop is available beginning August 24. . The band rose to international fame in the early 1990s during Seattle's grunge movement, and is known for its distinctive vocal style[10] and the harmonized vocals between Cantrell and Layne Staley (and later Cantrell and William DuVall). [224][225], On November 20, 2015, Cantrell joined The Cult on stage at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles to perform the song "The Phoenix". He plays with super accuracy. [339], In 2007, Cantrell auctioned off some of his favorite clothes from key moments in his career to benefit MusiCares and the Layne Staley Fund,[340][341] which provides support and treatment for heroin recovery in the Seattle music community. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Alice In Chains co-founder Jerry Cantrell today announces a North American tour beginning on March 24, 2022 in support of his soon to be released album Brighten. In a 2015 interview with Loudwire discussing five of his essential guitar albums, Slayer guitarist Kerry King said about Cantrell: Cantrell did the harmonies with Layne, and they were haunting, especially on Dirt. 2 on the Billboard 200 (the band's highest chart position since 1995's Alice in Chains, which debuted at No. [176][177], On January 24, 2020, Cantrell announced that he was working on a new solo album. [272], Cantrell is widely considered to be one of the greatest rock guitarists of his generation. The bridge is a Kahler Tremolo as opposed to a Floyd Rose tremolo which was commonly seen on instruments made throughout the 1980s and 90s. [220], On May 12, 2012, Cantrell made a duet with Somar Macek accompanied by the Synergia Northwest Orchestra for a performance of Elton John's "Levon" at the Paramount Theater in Seattle, during a benefit concert for music education in Northwest public schools. [200][201], Cantrell performed a snippet of "Man in the Box" followed by a cover of Motrhead's "Ace of Spades" alongside Pantera during their concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum on March 1, 1992. In his day job as Alice In Chains' guitarist and vocalist, he's spent over 30 years engineering some of the biggest songs in rock history. [173] On February 6, 2019, Cantrell performed a two-song acoustic set for BMG's Pre-Grammy Party at the No Name bar in Los Angeles. [105][106] A few months after that concert, the band called their former manager Susan Silver and Cantrell's manager Bill Siddons and said they wanted to tour as Alice in Chains again. The title track has a really ominous intro that sets the mood for the rest of the song. Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a Vietnam Vet with PTSD and every fourth of July would go berserk and chase the neighborhood kids with a meat clever for shooting off fireworks. 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