Jon Carin (born October 21, 1964) is a musician, singer, songwriter and producer who has been a longtime collaborator with the bands

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and

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, and the solo careers of

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and

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Eddie Vedder Eddie Jerome Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III; December 23, 1964) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of four guitarists of the rock band Pearl Jam. He also appeared as a guest vocalist i ...

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, and Richard Butler.

Biography

As a teenager, Jon Carin started his professional musical career with the band

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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 ''

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''. In 1985, he was asked by Industry's producer,

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, to work with

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for his '' Boys and Girls'' album. Later in 1985, he joined Bryan Ferry at

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, where he first played with

guitarist

. The following year, Carin collaborated with Gilmour in the sessions for what would become Pink Floyd's album ''

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'' (1987). He received credit as a keyboardist and for co-writing " Learning to Fly". 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, ''

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''. In 1992, Carin participated in the recording of the soundtrack for ''

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''. Two years later, in 1994, Carin contributed keyboards to Pink Floyd's album ''

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'' (1994)''.'' He also participated on the ''Division Bell'' tour and was featured on the ''

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'' CD and DVD. Carin performed with

the Who The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist and singer Pete Townshend, bass guitarist and singer John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered ...

, playing ''

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'' in its entirety in 1996, at London's

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, which led to an extensive tour throughout much of 1996–97. On August 16, 1998, he produced and played keyboards and drums for

for a concert to raise money for the

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. In 1999, a CD of this concert was released, being produced by Carin. Throughout the summers of the late 1990s and early 2000s, he was on tour with former Pink Floyd bassist, Roger Waters, for his ''

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'' tour. This makes him one of few musicians who has played with both Roger Waters and Pink Floyd after Waters' departure from the band. This tour is documented on the DVD/CD Roger Waters In The Flesh, which features Jon as a lead vocalist. In October 2001, he performed with The Who at

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, a tribute concert to the lives lost on

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. In January 2002, a recording of the tribute was released on CD and DVD. He performed keyboards, Lap Steel guitar & vocals with Pink Floyd at their reunion with Roger Waters on July 2, 2005, for

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at Hyde Park. In 2005, a three-disc DVD recording of The Who's 1996 performance of ''Quadrophenia'' was released. Carin played with David Gilmour in the 2006 tour, in support of ''

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''. From June 2006, he played on Roger Waters ''

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'' tour, with dates in 2007 and 2008.Pink Floyd Reunited With Roger Waters 10 Years Ago This Week, Rollingstone.com, Andy Greene, published on July 7th, 2015
/ref> Carin has worked with such organizations as

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, and 4 Seasons of Hope for fundraising events, playing with

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, Spinal Tap, and many others. In 2006, Carin worked on the self-titled solo album by

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' 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. On 10 May 2007, Carin was one of the performers at the

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tribute concert, "Madcap's Last Laugh", at the

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in London, performing with Roger Waters and - separately - the members of Pink Floyd (billed as

Rick Wright Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008) was an English musician who was a co-founder of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He played keyboards and sang, appearing on almost every Pink Floyd album and performing on a ...

, David Gilmour and

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) as well as with

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. Two months later, Carin performed on keyboards, guitar and lead vocals with Roger Waters at the

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event on 7 July 2007, at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. He has also programmed the sounds for

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reunion shows in Port Chester, New York, the Capitol Theatre in December 2012. Carin performed with Roger Waters and

for the "12/12/12"

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benefit concert. He performed with

tour "The Wall 2010–2013 Live" on keyboards, guitars, lap steel, and programming. In 2014, Carin performed in

's Before the Dawn concert series at Hammersmith Apollo, her first live shows in 35 years. He then contributed to

’s ''

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'' album, playing keyboards in 2015. Carin performed with David Gilmour on his

World Tour 2015–16. In Autumn 2016, he performed with Roger Waters on a short tour of Mexico, then at Desert Trip in Coachella. In 2018, completed the 157-show

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with Roger Waters. Jon is currently on tour with Roger Waters' in 2022 and 2023 on his

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tour.

Selected discography

Industry * ''State of the Nation'' (EP) * ''

'' Pink Floyd * ''

'' * '' Learning to Fly'' * ''

'' * '' Knebworth '90'' * ''

'' (soundtrack for the film) * '' Shine On'' * ''

'' * ''

'' * '' Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd'' * ''

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'' * '' The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door '' * ''

20th Anniversary Box Set'' * ''

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'' * '' The Later Years 1987–2019'' * ''Live At Knebworth 1990'' Roger Waters * '' In the Flesh Live'' * '' Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Vol. 1'' * ''

'' * '' 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief'' * '' Roger Waters: The Wall'' * '' Roger Waters: Us + Them'' * '' The Lockdown Sessions'' (2022) David Gilmour * ''

'' (Bonus DVD with

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and

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footage) * '' Remember That Night: Live at Royal Albert Hall'' (DVD) * ''

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'' * ''

Live at Pompeii ''Live at Pompeii'' is a live album and film by David Gilmour, the guitarist of Pink Floyd. It was recorded at the Amphitheatre of Pompeii. It documents his 2015–16 world tour to promote his album, ''Rattle That Lock'' (2015). The conce ...

'' The Who *''

'' isc 2, tracks 2–4/small> (2001) *'' Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who'' rack 14/small> (2008) *''

Tommy and Quadrophenia Live ''Tommy and Quadrophenia Live'' is a 3-disc DVD box set that includes performances by The Who from their 1989 (the ''Tommy'' portion) and 1996-1997 tours (the ''Quadrophenia'' portion). Whilst the ''Tommy'' part of the set had been already releas ...

'' Pete Townshend * '' A Benefit for Maryville Academy'' * '' Lifehouse'' Kate Bush *''

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'' Richard Butler * '' Richard Butler'' Trashmonk * ''

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'' Dream Academy * '' A Different Kind of Weather'' * '' Somewhere in the Sun... Best of the Dream Academy'' Martha Wainwright * '' Martha Wainwright'' Bryan Ferry * '' Boys and Girls'' * ''

'' * '' More Than This: The Best of Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music'' Soul Asylum * ''

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'' * '' Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum'' The Psychedelic Furs * '' Midnight to Midnight'' * ''

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'' * '' All of This and Nothing'' * '' Made of Rain'' Gipsy Kings * '' Compas'' Live * '' Secret Samadhi '' David Broza * ''Night Dawn, The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt'' Fields of the Nephilim * ''

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'' Kashmir * '' The Good Life'' Peter Perrett *'' How The West Was Won'' Corey Feldman * '' Angelic 2 the Core''

References

External links

''Brain Damage'' UK Interview August 2007 by Arash Danesh
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