[71] After three months of negotiations, Alice in Chains signed to Columbia Records on September 11, 1989. I was living in Pennsylvania on an army base where my dad was stationed," Cantrell began . [338], On April 12, 2004, Cantrell and his then-band Cardboard Vampyres performed at a benefit concert for Sweet Relief, a nonprofit organization that helps needy musicians cover medical expenses. Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. was born on March 18, 1966, which makes his age be 54 years old as of 2020. G&L Jerry Cantrell signature Rampage prototype, Ernie Ball Music Man EVH Model - Given to Jerry by Eddie, 2 Friedman Amplification BE100 Brown Eye heads, Friedman JJ-100 Jerry Cantrell Signature 100W Hand Wired Tube Guitar Head, Dunlop Jerry Cantrell signature Cry Baby wah, This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 05:37. [205], In 2002, Cantrell played a series of summer dates with headlining rock band Nickelback. [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. The Jerry Cantrell "Wino" Les Paul from Gibson Custom Shop is available beginning August 24. . Suffering from PTSD from the Vietnam War, Jerry Cantrell Sr. was often distant and strict, causing Jerry to often butt-heads with his father. [123] The band didn't have a record label at the time and the album was funded by Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney. 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. Biography Early life. [26] Jerry Sr. was the main subject of the song "Rooster", which Cantrell wrote as a tribute to his father,[27] and his mother Gloria is also mentioned by name in the song. ", was written by Cantrell as a tribute to his late friend Andrew Wood. [197], He played guitar on Duff McKagan's 2015 EP How to Be a Man,[198][199] and has also collaborated with Alternative Metal band Deftones, contributing guitar parts to the track "Phantom Bride" off their 2016 album Gore. [92] It has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA. Jerry Cantrell was already assisting Staley on vocals from time to time, . It's a repetitive motion injury from playing. [144], As of 2018, Alice in Chains has had 18 Top 10 songs on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,[145] 5 No. 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. 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 . 10 on Total Guitar/MusicRadar's "15 best rock guitarists in the world right now" poll. Guitarist and songwriter with the grunge and rock band Alice in Chains who also pursued a solo career. [303][304][305][306], Cantrell was homeless in the early '90s and lived for some time at the house of Pearl Jam's manager Kelly Curtis. Cantrell has been most famously seen playing a G&L Guitars' Rampage model. [283] Cantrell and William DuVall were also tied at No. [288], On May 18, 2019, it was announced that Cantrell will compose the score for Shane Dax Taylor's upcoming sci-fi film, Salvage. 1. Jerry Cantrell has been in relationships with Shawnee Smith (2004), Carmella McCoy, Krisha Augerot (1989 - 1991), Courtney Clarke (1988 - 1996), Heather Ankeny and Angel Olivencia.. About. Alice in Chains lead guitarist, co-lead singer, and principal songwriter, Jerry Cantrell brought his "Brighten Tour" to The Depot in Salt Lake City. Cantrell was born in Tacoma, Washington, on March 18, 1966, to Gloria Jean Krumpos and Jerry Fulton Cantrell. Jerry Cantrell is an American guitarist and singer. Cantrell's first childhood memory is meeting his father for the first time after he had returned from war when he was three years old. 1", "Exclusive Interview: Shawnee Smith - SMITH AND PYLE", "RICHIE KOTZEN To Release '24 Hours' in November", "DUFF MCKAGAN To Release 'How To Be A Man' EP Featuring IZZY STRADLIN, JERRY CANTRELL", "Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell Speaks About His Deftones Cameo, Chino Moreno Calls New Album "A Challenge", "Deftones - Phantom Bride Featuring Jerry Cantrell (Official Audio)", "Pantera feat. Jerry's first job was delivering newspapers. Also, Jerry plays like a machine. They never could find anything wrong with me. [334] He also supports Road Recovery, an organization dedicated to helping young people battling addiction. "[118], Cantrell canceled the show that he was scheduled to perform at 98 Rock's Livestock Festival in Zephyrhills on April 28 in order to attend Staley's funeral in Seattle in the same day. The band did not tour in support of their self-titled album. [31] His first job was delivering newspapers. Jerry Cantrell in 2010. The title track has a really ominous intro that sets the mood for the rest of the song. 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). [264], Cantrell used a variety of amplifiers such as those made by Bogner, Mesa Boogie and Marshall throughout his career. Jerry Cantrell April 28, 2022 The Depot. It's more than just making music, and it always has been. 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. [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. 2 comments. Jerry Lambe Feb 27th, 2023, 12:35 pm. [213] "This band is really just about having fun and playing tunes that we were fans of growing up," Cantrell stated. His touring band for the album included Alice in Chains bandmates Inez and Kinney, and Cantrell expressed hope to have a second album released by the following year. You can hear that across Alice In Chains' discography, a sense of golden-hued classicism applying light and shade. [165] He also adopted Staley's cat, a female siamese named Sadie, after his death. Subsequent work with the revamped Alice in Chains may have stalled this release. [75][78][57], Although Alice in Chains has been labeled grunge by the mainstream media,[79] Cantrell identifies the band as primarily heavy metal. [221], Cantrell performed with Duff McKagan's band The Walking Papers during the band's concert at The Crocodile in Seattle on December 15, 2012. [Singles Blu Ray Rip]", "2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Chris Cornell Tribute BLACK HOLE SUN by Ann Wilson/Jerry Cantrell", "Jerry Cantrell's Gibson Les Paul Studio (Duplicate)", "Interview: Jerry Cantrell - Playing Dumb", "Man in the Box with Jerry Cantrell playing a Gibson SG. Jerry Cantrell, best known as guitarist and co-founder of iconic grunge band Alice In Chains, is set to release his first new solo album in 19 years, BRIGHTEN and it is sublime. [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. Jerry Cantrell - Biography. As of 2023, The estimated net award of Jerry Cantrell is $40 . [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. Cantrell has been rumored to be working on his third full-length solo album for several years, for a supposedly planned release in 2006. Jerry Cantrell Net Worth, Salary, Cars & Houses. [32] [15], In October 2008, Guitar World ranked Cantrell's solo in "Man in the Box" at No. [132] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in May 2010,[133] tour.[168]. [39] During that time, he had a band with Vinnie Chas (from Pretty Boy Floyd), called Sinister. [35] He graduated from high school in 1984. [56], Three weeks after his mother's death on April 11, 1987, Cantrell went to see the band Alice N' Chains perform at the Tacoma Little Theatre, and was impressed by the voice of the lead singer, Layne Staley. Some guys can do multiple things and maybe when I was younger I could do that, but not now. [149] In the same year, Cantrell covered Willie Nelson's "I've Seen All This World I Care to See" for the album Twisted Willie: A Tribute to Willie Nelson. This is a community-built gear list for Jerry Cantrell. [32] Cantrell picked it up very quickly, impressing his mother's boyfriend who suggested that she should buy her son a guitar, so she bought him an acoustic guitar. [117] Comes with the Fall was both the opening act on Cantrell's tour for his second solo album, Degradation Trip, and also the singer's backing band,[118] with DuVall singing Staley's parts at the concerts in 2001 and 2002. Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell expressed his admiration for Cantrell's guitar work in an interview for Guitar International in 1995, saying that "the layering and the honest feel that Jerry Cantrell gets on [Alice in Chains' Dirt] record is worth a lot more than someone who plays five million notes". 1998. [254][255] Also a Gibson Custom Shop Jerry Cantrell SG,[256][254] a 1952 Goldtop Les Paul,[257] an Ernie Ball Music Man EVH[258][259] that was a gift from Eddie Van Halen in the 1990s, but has been stolen from Cantrell,[260] a dark blue Mosrite Ventures model,[261] a Dean Michael Schenker USA V,[262] and Dean Soltero guitars. [343] Cantrell founded the league to combine his love of fantasy football with the goal of helping a worthy cause. [342], Since 2009, Cantrell has hosted the Alice in Chains & Friends Charity Fantasy Football League. The younger Cantrell watched his father deploy twice and never talk about what happened in Vietnam. [298], In 2013, Cantrell played country singer Donnie "Skeeter" Dollarhide Jr. on the Alice in Chains mockumentary AIC 23. [215] No formal albums were released by the band. [320] Cantrell also stated that he's sick of the hypocrisy that's taken over many facets of organized religion. [62] Kinney called Starr and a few days later they started jamming with Cantrell at the Music Bank, but they didn't have a singer. [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. 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. [99] Cantrell stated that he was ill during the performance as a result of food poisoning from a hot dog consumed before the gig. [52] While working at the store, Cantrell bought what he described as his first "real guitar", a 1984 G&L Rampage. Both musicians died in 2017. It was scary church music. [166], Cantrell returned to the movie scene in 2004 to write, with the newly formed metal band Damageplan, the song "Ashes to Ashes" for the movie The Punisher. [231] He came back at the end of the concert to sing "Roadhouse Blues" together with all the artists who performed at the tribute. One night at a party in 1987, he ran into Alice in Chains' future guitarist, Jerry Cantrell. We're willing to take a chance on it. [194] He also played guitar on Smith & Pyle's debut album, It's OK To Be Happy, released in 2008. [29][30], Cantrell moved back with his mother to Spanaway where he attended junior high. Playing again in 2005 felt right, so we did the next thing and toured. Degradation Trip was re-released in November 2002 as a double album, featuring eleven additional tracks that were made for the album as Cantrell originally intended. General Comment31/32 was Layne Staley's and Jerry Cantrell's ages at the time the song was written, leading me to think the song wasn't just about Jerry's past, becuase some of it doesn't seem to fit in with . We've been more of a family than most, and it had to be okay from here", Cantrell said pointing to his heart. Cantrell was unable to attend the recording session and was replaced by Saliva's Josey Scott. [61] They started auditioning terrible lead singers in front of Staley to send a hint. with vocalist Phil Anselmo of Pantera and Down and bass player Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, then they played "Rooster" with Ann Wilson and Comes with the Fall vocalist William DuVall. [62][61], Staley was already starting up another band, but Cantrell, Starr and Kinney wanted him to be their lead singer. So did the crowd. Father - Jerry Cantrell Sr Mother - Gloria Jean Cantrell: Siblings: David Contrell: School: Clover Park School District: College: Spanaway Lake High School: Religion: NA: Nationality: American: . Buy Jerry Cantrell tickets from the official Ticketmaster.com site. 98 on the list of the "Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time" by Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show in December 2008. [186], Cantrell provided background vocals for the track "Effigy" on Gov't Mule's 2001 album, The Deep End, Volume 1. To be honest, I'd just be happy being the lead guitarist and singer for Alice In Chains. [228] On March 25, 2017, Cantrell performed with Nancy Wilson and Mike Inez at the 5th annual Rock Against MS benefit concert. . An extremely relatable short film.Directed by Ted KampWritten by W. Earl BrownFeaturing Eric Stromer, Jerry Cantrell, W. Earl Brown, Suzanne Friedline & Ted . Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a combat . . [327] The surgery postponed the recording sessions of The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here as Cantrell could not play guitar for eight months while he was recovering. Hi, I'm Su! "[312] "The shows I played between the time I got the word about Layne and Layne's funeral were very important to me in terms of being able to continue on. Find Jerry Cantrell tour schedule, concert details, reviews and photos. [22][23] His maternal grandmother was from Norway, and his maternal grandfather was from the Czech Republic. Cantrell's guitar playing is known for its unique use of wah pedal as well as odd time signatures. But it gave me the impetus to do what I'm doing. [276], He was ranked 38th out of 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time by Guitar World in 2004,[14] and ranked at No. 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. [331], Cantrell is a recovering addict and alcoholic and has been sober since 2003. I'm holding back tears onstage, and Jerry would start crying onstage too a lot at that point, and a lot of times we would just look at each other when we were singing the stuff because it was the only way it was heavy. Performing mostly cover songs from bands like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Stooges, Black Sabbath, and Aerosmith, the group was rounded out by vocalist John Corabi, bassist Chris Wyse, and drummer Josh Howser. [230] Cantrell sang "Love Her Madly" accompanied by The Doors' original guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboardist George Laks, bassist Zander Schloss, and drummer Brian Young. [73] The album, which received better critical reception than its predecessor, featured two singles, "Anger Rising" and "Angel Eyes", and the track "She Was My Girl" was included on the Spider-Man soundtrack. Net worth of - Inside Billy Currington's Million Dollar Fortune And Love Life. [50] Cantrell worked doing asbestos abatement around the Dallas and Houston area. 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. He also departed from Columbia Records during this time and had trouble finding a new label. [82] Their debut album, Facelift, was released in 1990 and has been certified double-platinum by the RIAA, selling over two million copies. The song was released as a single in digital platforms.[237]. I kinda focus my energy there [in the band]. FREE shipping. [32] At that time he played clarinet, and his mother was dating a guitar player who handed his guitar to Cantrell and taught him a couple of chords. 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[321] Cantrell needed a titanium plate and four screws to put the bones back together. But being a part of this band is a full time job. [72] Cantrell's guitar contribution gave a heavy metal edge to the band's unique grunge style. Whilst most new releases this year have been developed as a result of Covid and the ensuing lockdown, the inception of Brighten preceded the pandemic. [131] He told Guitar World, "I got deathly ill. Once Cantrell started writing the song and the rest of the album, his mystery illness disappeared. This amp is known for its simplicity. He also has a solo career and released the albums Boggy Depot in 1998 and Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 in 2002. I miss him tremendously. [196], Cantrell sings background vocals and does a lead vocal ad-lib in the final chorus of "Love Is Blind" from Richie Kotzen's 2011 album, 24 Hours. More colors. 37 out of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" also by Guitar World in 2012. They played "Would?" The band reformed in 2005 when drummer Sean Kinney had the idea to reunite the surviving members[103] to perform a benefit concert for the victims of the tsunami disaster that struck South Asia in 2004. But fuck, I guess we're going to be talking about this for awhile". He spent his childhood days in Spanaway. Jerry Cantrell father's name is . Nashville TN", "The Making of Alice in Chains' Black Gives Way to Blue", "Jerry Cantrell Shares The Tales Behind Some of The Most Treasured Pieces In His Arsenal", "Alice In Chains Would Live Jools Holland 5 1993", "Interview: Jerry Cantrell talks lost guitars, weirdest gigs and more", "Jerry Cantrell and the New Dean USA Soltero! [235], In February 2017, Cantrell released the song "A Job to Do", the end-title song to John Wick: Chapter 2. and "Man in the Box". Jerry's patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his twenty-first great-grandfather, John Cantrell. 1), selling 61,000 copies in its first week of release. In 1993 the musician wrote a tribute song to his father called 'Rooster' and also mentioned 'Gloria' in it. [234], Cantrell's song "Leave Me Alone" was featured in the 1996 dark comedy The Cable Guy and can be found on that movie's soundtrack. 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[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". Cantrell mentioned that they needed a bass player to jam with them and he had someone in mind: Mike Starr, with whom Cantrell had played in a band in Burien called Gypsy Rose. The band covered two Soundgarden songs, "Hunted Down" and "Boot Camp", closing their headlining set at the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio. "[115], Cantrell met singer William DuVall in Los Angeles in 2000, through a mutual acquaintance who introduced him to [248] The guitar can also be seen in the movie Singles. With W. Earl Brown, Jerry Cantrell, Suzanne Friedline, Ted Kamp. He grew up in Spanaway, and is the oldest of three children. [31] In his senior year, Cantrell became choir president,[31] and the quartet sang the national anthem at basketball games and won competitions with the highest marks achievable. 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. [330] The riff later became the song "Stone", the first single from The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. Tickets are on sale Friday, August 27 at 10:00 AM local time. Jerry Cantrell started his music career with the Marshall JCM800. Alice in Chains Jerry Cantrell. With all the crazy weather, Jerry Cantrell and his band showed up to rock the RMA. My band has been doing things lately, so I don't really have time to do anything. - S1 E3 Poker Night Live! I felt I was puking up all this undigested grief in losing Layne." 2. Silver was also Alice in Chains' manager. [61], Cantrell wanted to form a new band and Staley gave him the phone number of Melinda Starr, the girlfriend of drummer Sean Kinney, so that Cantrell could talk to him. JERRY CANTRELL: That was the first real concert, yeah. Jerry Cantrell helped define the sound of rock music in the '90s but his ear for melody, the riff and for the speculative business of songwriting goes back to the '70s. I can't quantify it really in words. [21] Cantrell also played bass on the last track, "Love Song". Cantrell started to sing lead vocals on Alice in Chains' 1992 EP Sap. In Tacoma, Washington, Jerry was born to Gloria Jean Cantrell and Jerry Cantrell Sr on March 18, 1966. [285][286], In 2011, Cantrell appeared on a spot for NADCP, the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. What a crazy journey always is. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart,[92] and has been certified double platinum. We've been friends a long time. SHARE. 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 . 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