Jerry Lambe Feb 27th, 2023, 12:35 pm. 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". The upcoming tour follows the release of his first song from Brighten, "Atone", which . He also departed from Columbia Records during this time and had trouble finding a new label. The band was part of the Grunge movement and is known for the unique vocal harmonies between Cantrell and Layne Staley, and later between Cantrell and William DuVall.Cantrell also has a solo career and released the albums . [26] The family lived on welfare and food stamps. [26] 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. The metal part will never leave, and I never want it to". [320] Cantrell also stated that he's sick of the hypocrisy that's taken over many facets of organized religion. Cantrell joined Metallica on backing vocals during their performance of "Nothing Else Matters" at the Download Festival in Dublin on June 11, 2006. Answer (1 of 13): This song was written by Jerry Cantrell the Alice in Chains vocalist and guitarist, for Jerry Cantrell Sr. his father, who'd served in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne. The two models most closely identified with Cantrell are instruments manufactured in the 1980s. A lot of Alice stuff is written that way "Them Bones" is a great off-time song.[238]. [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. Buy Jerry Cantrell tickets from the official Ticketmaster.com site. 1998. the first album of DuVall's band, Comes with the Fall. Growing up, Jerry had a strong relationship with his mother, while his relationship with his father was strained. [144], As of 2018, Alice in Chains has had 18 Top 10 songs on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,[145] 5 No. [294] Cantrell said about the film; "I get more people coming up to me telling me my line. When you're teaching people that being gay is a mortal sin, yet a good portion of the people teaching this are fucking kids, there's a huge problem". They played "Would?" [186], Cantrell provided background vocals for the track "Effigy" on Gov't Mule's 2001 album, The Deep End, Volume 1. Curtis and Silver passed the demo on to Columbia Records. Find relevant music gear like microphones, guitar rig, amplifier setup, effects pedalboard, software, keyboards, and other instruments and add it to Jerry Cantrell. However, his musical range also extends into elements of blues and country as heard on his solo debut album. [40], The first album that Cantrell owned was Elton John's 1974 Greatest Hits compilation,[42] which was a gift he received from his father when he was 10 years old. [240] The guitars feature a single-bridge humbucker wired to a volume control. [215] No formal albums were released by the band. Or, do you give it a shot, try something? Can't wait to see it!". It's overwhelming. [20][159] Finally in June 2002, Cantrell issued his second solo album, Degradation Trip, with Ozzy Osbourne's then live rhythm section, Mike Bordin (drums) and Robert Trujillo (bass). [330] The riff later became the song "Stone", the first single from The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. [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. [233], On January 16, 2019, Cantrell along with William DuVall, Pearl Jam's guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament, and drummer Josh Freese performed Soundgarden's "Hunted Down" at the Chris Cornell tribute concert "I Am the Highway". "Them Bones" is a heavy f---ing song. 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[27] Cantrell would later pay tribute to Cornell during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on April 14, 2018, joining singer Ann Wilson for a rendition of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun". He is well known for founding the rock band . Later, he learned officially on his mom's manual-transmission 1976 Volkswagen Super Beetle . [263] The Ernie Ball Music Man EVH Guitar that was stolen in 2001 was returned to him and made an appearance at a gig in 2018. [343] Cantrell founded the league to combine his love of fantasy football with the goal of helping a worthy cause. [97] The singles "Grind", "Over Now", and "Heaven Beside You" feature Cantrell on lead vocals. 38 on its list of "The 66 Best Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time". [349], In 2015, Alice in Chains donated two dollars from every pre-sold ticket of their summer tour to help the family of a fan named Stefan Dayne-Ankle, who died after a battle with leukemia. 77 on its list of "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" in 2008. [213] Under the moniker of the Jerry Cantrell-Billy Duffy Band, they debuted during the three-concert series for Sweet Relief Musicians Fund at The Troubadour in April 2004. Cantrell attended high school at Spanaway Lake High School,[33] and, before owning his first guitar, he was a member of the high school choir which attended many state competitions. "[180] On July 28, 2021, Cantrell posted a teaser trailer in his social media announcing that a new song and video titled "Atone" would be released on July 29. Jerry Cantrell has made a career out of casting the light and the dark. The band rose to international fame in the early 1990s during Seattle's grunge movement, and is known for its distinctive vocal . "[314] William DuVall, who performed Staley's vocals during Cantrell's solo concerts, elaborated on this emotional period saying: "I lost my grandfather in the same week, so Cantrell and I both hit the road with immense personal losses dogging us. 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. [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. Cantrell has been rumored to be working on his third full-length solo album for several years, for a supposedly planned release in 2006. [88] The opening track, "Brother", featured Cantrell on lead vocals. Jerry Cantrell Jr., the guitarist, co-vocalist, and songwriter, was the son of a Vietnam War veteran, Jerry Cantrell Sr. 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. [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. Find out more as we look at 10 things you didn't know about Jerry Cantrell. I'm as imperfect as they come. Jerry's first job was delivering newspapers. 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 . Cantrell's Parents. 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. This reflects the problems his father was working out while Jerry and his family were struggling. [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. [235], In February 2017, Cantrell released the song "A Job to Do", the end-title song to John Wick: Chapter 2. (174) $174.00. [31] Cantrell has cited his interest in dark musical tones as dating back to this period: "In choir we performed a cappella Gregorian chants from the 14th and 15th centuries. [41] Cantrell's father played the sheriff in the music video for "Cut You In".[155][156]. Jerry Cantrell started his music career with the Marshall JCM800. Bio. That's the choice I took. [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". 1. [21] Cantrell also played bass on the last track, "Love Song". [167] The live show was well received by audiences on a national tour that helped build upon the solo album's success. In December 2005, a surgery in his left shoulder removed bone fragments and repaired cartilage. [72] Cantrell's guitar contribution gave a heavy metal edge to the band's unique grunge style. [272], Cantrell is widely considered to be one of the greatest rock guitarists of his generation. [333][332], Cantrell is a longtime supporter of MusiCares MAP Fund,[329] which helps musicians who are struggling with addiction, financial and health issues. I miss him tremendously. Jerry Cantrell 5 x 7 photograph signed with proof. We have played with some [singers] who can actually bring it and add their own thing to it without being a Layne clone. [277], Elton John stated in a 2009 interview with Rolling Stone that he's been an admirer of Cantrell for quite some time, and couldn't resist the offer to play on Alice in Chains' song "Black Gives Way to Blue" at Cantrell's request. Jerry Cantrell is a music icon that has been a member of Alice in Chains. [196] Aday stated that she thought Cantrell would be a good person to put in some "heartbroken, haunting, crying guitar" on the track. [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. [75][76][77] Cantrell stated that it was Staley who encouraged him to sing. Now the once-discontinued model returns as a Jerry Cantrell signature guitar, complete with a spruced-up feature set. Jerry's patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his twenty-first great-grandfather, John Cantrell. 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. . [173] Cantrell said in a statement: "I really dug John Wick and have always admired Keanu's work. "[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. [222], On April 18, 2013, the Seattle band Heart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Cantrell joined the band onstage for a performance of "Crazy On You". But it's not about separating and forgetting it's about remembering and moving on. [54] The band started playing concerts in Tacoma and Seattle with the goal of getting a record deal. Cantrell said in his acceptance speech, "I crash landed here almost 9 years ago, in Los Angeles. 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 . As of 2023, The estimated net award of Jerry Cantrell is $40 . He grew up in Spanaway, and is the oldest of three children. [142] Cantrell took the album's title from the Mount Rainier in Seattle, and the title track is a tribute to the Seattle music scene. [106] The band followed the concert with a short United States club tour, several festival dates in Europe, and a brief tour in Japan. After the war, Cantrell's father bounced from one Army base to another, including stints in . [188] Cantrell, Osbourne, guitarist Zakk Wylde, bassist Robert Trujillo and drummer Mike Bordin went to the studio and made some rough demos of those songs. [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. [62] The band had names like "Mothra", "Fuck" and "Diamond Lie",[63][65] the latter being the name of Cantrell's previous band. Some guys can do multiple things and maybe when I was younger I could do that, but not now. [346], On May 15, 2015, Cantrell performed at the second annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert in benefit of the Pediatric Cancer Program at the University of California, San Francisco. We did it step by step. He was an accomplished musician and was able to play all stringed instruments. "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. The EP also features Mark Arm of Mudhoney and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, who appeared together on the song "Right Turn", credited as "Alice Mudgarden" in the liner notes. [329][332] He was awarded the 2012 Stevie Ray Vaughan Award from MusiCares, for his work helping other addicts with the recovery process. [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. [169] When asked about releasing another solo album, he issued this statement in 2010: Not for a while. . 1 on Billboard 200 Chart", "Alice in Chains To Re-Team With Producer Nick Raskulinecz For New Album", "Jerry Cantrell Interview on Trunk Nation (08/21/2017) - Alice in Chains' new album + solo album", "Big News From Alice in Chains: New Album Almost Wrapped Up! 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. So many great guitar riffs and solo performances on this record. 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 . [28] Father and son also appeared together on the music video for "Rooster", in which Jerry Sr. recalls the war. His place of birth is in Tacoma, Washington, the United States of America. [138], In June 2017, Alice in Chains returned to Seattle's Studio X to record their sixth studio album. [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. [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. I felt I was puking up all this undigested grief in losing Layne." Cantrell was born in Tacoma, Washington, on March 18, 1966,[2] to Gloria Jean Krumpos and Jerry Fulton Cantrell. [187] He also appears briefly with Warren Haynes in the documentary Rising Low, which documents the work of the band Gov't Mule following the death of bassist Allen Woody. The roots of family trauma were planted early, as Cantrell's father, a military officer, divorced from his mother when Cantrell was seven, a mere four years after meeting Cantrell for the first time. Family: His father is a Vietnam veteran; Jerry dedicated the song "Rooster" to him. [62] Cantrell called the number and set up a meeting with Kinney. Cantrell started to sing lead vocals on Alice in Chains' 1992 EP Sap. In addition to his parents, Jerry is preceded in death by his wife, Brenda Faye Cantrell; brother, Rayburn Cantrell; sisters, Jenny Givens, Ann Porter, and Ellen Jessup. [213] On November 10, 2004, Cantrell was among the musicians who performed a short acoustic set to benefit Help The Homeless in Hollywood, California. [citation needed], In a May 2001 interview with Metal-is.com, Cantrell revealed that he had written four songs for Ozzy Osbourne. [21] 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. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart,[92] and has been certified double platinum. Jerry Cantrell Net Worth, Salary, Cars & Houses. [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. It was scary church music. I kinda focus my energy there [in the band]. [59][60] Shortly after Cantrell moved in with Staley at the Music Bank, Alice 'N Chains broke up. The only reason I ever did anything by my own was because my band wasn't really doing anything. [284], Between 2009 and 2010, Cantrell co-owned a hard rock bar called Dead Man's Hand in Las Vegas with Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. [89] The album's lead single, "Would? Mark Kozelek was cast instead. [83] Cantrell dedicated the album to his late mother Gloria and to his close friend Andrew Wood, lead singer of the band Mother Love Bone who died in 1990. The nickname "Rooster" was a childhood nickname given by his great-grandfather to Cantrell . [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. 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. Guitarist Jerry Cantrell recalled where he was when he wrote the song, telling Classic Rock Magazine, "I was between places to live at that time so I moved in with Chris Cornell and his wife, Susan Silver at their house in Seattle. Luckily they caught me because I couldn't go anywhere, I was kind of stuck in a bush at the bottom of a cliff bleeding, and I ended up here. This year, he's re-embarking on his solo career, releasing his first solo output since the 2002 double album, "Degradation Trip Volumes 1 and 2.". 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. Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr was born March 18, 1966, in Tacoma, Washington. [104] On February 18, 2005, Cantrell, Mike Inez and Sean Kinney reunited to perform for the first time in 10 years as Alice in Chains at the K-Rock Tsunami Continued Care Relief Concert in Seattle. [40][41] Friends recalled that Cantrell fell into depression and became a completely different person after losing both his mother and grandmother within a short span of time. A lot of people stand and get the fuck back up after falling. I had the same issue in the other shoulder about six years ago so I've had them both done now. [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. [351], Cantrell also supports Music for Relief,[352] Autism Speaks,[353][327] Rock Against MS Foundation,[229][354] and the Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation. [94], Alice in Chains broke up for six months following the cancellation of their opening act at the Metallica tour in July 1994,[26] citing "health problems within the band". Joseph Richard Cantrell (L) via King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, (R) via Redmond Police Dept. Relationships. . I didn't intend to get here but I'm very grateful I am here, and it took a lot of people to help me get here. [342], Since 2009, Cantrell has hosted the Alice in Chains & Friends Charity Fantasy Football League. [165] He also adopted Staley's cat, a female siamese named Sadie, after his death. [91] The album's fourth single, "Rooster", was a tribute to Cantrell's father. Amazon.com. 1 hits,[145] and eleven Grammy Award nominations.[146]. 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. What a crazy journey always is. A tour de force of epic proportions, the 14-song, 72-minute outing from former Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell is a brutal emotional exorcism, the brooding and insinuating music perfectly suited to the pained and pointed lyrics. [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. Jerry Cantrell - Boggy Depot. [56] He spent his time outside of work playing guitar and jamming with any band he could find. [98] Staley rarely left his condo in Seattle,[98] but in 1998 the band reunited to record two new songs, "Get Born Again" and "Died", originally intended for Cantrell's second solo album,[72] the songs were released on the 1999 box set Music Bank. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter[9] of the rock band Alice in Chains. [241] The second is a guitar called the 'Superhawk'. Those two guys really had their thing figured out. 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