Jon Carin

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Jon Carin
Born	October 21, 1964 (age 42) New York, New York
Genre(s)	Pop Progressive Rock Hard Rock
Affiliation(s)	Industry Richard Butler Pink Floyd The Who
Years active	1984 - present
Official site	Official website

Jon Carin (born October 21st 1964, in New York, New York) is an established session musician best known for his association with Pink Floyd and more specifically its guitarist David Gilmour and former member Roger Waters over the last twenty years. In the early eighties, he gained fame as the front-man for the band Industry. During his time with Industry, the band had a breakthrough single State Of The Nation in 1984 and was followed by the successful album Stranger To Stranger.

1 Biography
2 Discography

[edit] Biography

As a teenager, Jon Carin started his professional musicial career for the band Industry as their lead singer, keyboardist, and guitarist. After the breakup of the band in 1985, he was asked by Industry's producer Rhett Davies to work with Bryan Ferry for his Boys and Girls album. Later in 1985, he joined Bryan Ferry at Live Aid to perform and met Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.

Two years later, Jon Carin would be hired as a session musician for Pink Floyd's Momentary Lapse of Reason album as a keyboardist. He was one of the co-writers for hit song Learning to Fly off that album. He particapted in the support tour for the album and appeared on the 1988 Pink Floyd double live album, Delicate Sound of Thunder. In 1992, Carin participated for the recording of the soundtrack for La Carrera Panamericana, a video of the Carrera Panamericana automobile race in Mexico. The automobile race itself had participation by Pink Floyd members and car enthusiasts David Gilmour and Nick Mason. The video included new and old music by Pink Floyd. In 1994, Jon Carin played additional keyboards for Pink Floyd's Division Bell album. He also participated on the Division Bell support tour and was featured on the P*U*L*S*E CD and DVD.

In the summer of 1996, The Who, with a large backing group among them Jon Carin, performed Quadrophenia in its entirety for the first time in many years at London's Hyde Park. On August 16, 1998 he played drums for Pete Townshend for a concert to raise money for the Maryville Academy. In 1999, a CD of this concert would be released. Throughout the summers of the late nineties and early 2000s, he was on tour with former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters for his In the Flesh tour. In October of 2001, he preformed with The Who at The Concert for New York City, a tribute concert to the lives lost on September 11th. In January 2002, a recording of the tribute was released on CD and DVD.

He would reunite with Pink Floyd and Roger Waters on July 2nd 2005 for Live 8 at Hyde Park. The band preformed Breathe,, Money, Wish You Were Here, and Comfortably Numb. In 2005, A 3-disc DVD recording of The Who's 1996 preformance of Quadrophenia was released. He played with David Gilmour in the 2006 tour in support of On An Island. In the second half of 2006, he would tour with Roger Waters for the Dark Side of the Moon Live tour. He is currently on-tour with Roger Waters for the second leg of the Dark Side of the Moon Live tour.

Jon Carin has worked with Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Knebworth for fundraising events playing with Seal, Elvis Costello, The Chieftans, Spinal Tap, and many others. He helped write and arrange Richard Butler's 2006 solo album that was dedicated to his father, Dr. Arthur A. Carin. Carin played most of the instruments on the album, and was producing the album as well.