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Biography
for|the New Zealand cricketer|Jonathan Cain (cricketer)Infobox musical artist | name = Jonathan Cain| image = JonathanCain.jpg| image_size =| caption = Cain in 2007| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Jonathan Leonard Friga| Born = birth date and age|mf=yes|1950|02|26 Chicago, Illinois, United States| instrument = Vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, accordion, harmonica| genre = Hard rock , pop rock , progressive rock | years_active = 1975-present| occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter, producer| associated_acts = The Babys , Journey (band)|Journey , Jimmy Barnes , Michael Bolton , Bad English | website = http://www.jonathancain.com/ Official website| notable_instruments = Jonathan Cain (born Jonathan Leonard Friga , February 26, 1950, Chicago, Illinois) is an American musician, best known for his work with The Babys , Journey (band)|Journey and Bad English .
Early life
At the age of eight Cain began accordion lessons, and by the time he was in his teens he was playing accordion and piano at parties and in clubs. He also plays guitar, bass and harmonica . Cain attended East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, Illinois. He was a survivor of the Our Lady of the Angels School Fire of 1958, in which 95 students and nuns died. http://www.superiorpics.com/jonathan_cain The Jonathan Cain Picture Pages He later attended the Chicago Conservatory of Music before moving to Nashville , Tennessee for a time and then eventually to Los Angeles, California . http://www.jonathancain.com JonathanCain.com
Career
In 1976, Cain released his first record as the Jonathan Cain Band, Windy City Breakdown , on Bearsville Records . In 1979, he joined The Babys , appearing on their albums Union Jacks and On the Edge . In 1980 Cain left The Babys to join the rock band Journey (band)|Journey , taking Gregg Rolie 's place on keyboards. Cain aided Journey's rise to the top of the charts with his first collaborations on the album Escape (Journey album)|Escape , composing and playing the piano on songs such as " Don't Stop Believin' ", described by Allmusic as "one of the best opening keyboard riffs in rock".Allmusic|class=song|id=t814754|pure_url=yes Allmusic Perhaps his most notable contribution was as sole author of the classic Journey ballad " Faithfully (song)|Faithfully ", a song about life on the road while in a band. Cain would go on to appear on at least 13 other Journey albums and compilations. When singer Steve Perry (musician)|Steve Perry left Journey in 1987, all of the band's members went their separate ways.
The song Working Class Man sung by Jimmy Barnes is one of Cain's compositions and is considered to be Barnes' signature song .
Cain would reunite with former Babys bandmates John Waite and Ricky Phillips , fellow Journey bandmate Neal Schon , and future Journey drummer Deen Castronovo to form the band Bad English . The band released two albums before disbanding in the early 1990s.
In 1996, the Journey lineup from the album Escape was reunited. They reformed and recorded the album Trial by Fire (Journey album)|Trial by Fire . Steve Perry (musician)|Steve Perry then left the band again in 1998, after suffering a hip injury while hiking in Hawaii that required surgery. Journey has continued on with three subsequent lead singers Steve Augeri from 1998 to 2006, Jeff Scott Soto from 2006 to 2007, and current frontman Arnel Pineda from 2007 to present. Cain remains a primary contributor with the band and is still recording and touring through 2010.
In addition to his notable work with Journey, Cain has released eight solo albums and contributed to solo albums by fellow Journey member Neal Schon .
Personal
Cain has been married twice. His first wife was singer Tané Cain . In 1989 he married his current wife, Elizabeth Yvette Fullerton, with whom he has three children, Madison (1993), Liza and Weston (1996). Jonathan Cain currently resides in a suburb of Nashville, TN.
Solo discography
Windy City Breakdown (Jonathan Cain album)|Windy City Breakdown (1977) Bearsville/Wounded Bird Records.
Back to the Innocence (Jonathan Cain album)|Back to the Innocence (1995) Intersound Records.
Piano with a View (1995) Higher Octave Records.
Body Language (Jonathan Cain album)|Body Language (1997) Higher Octave Records.
For a Lifetime (1998) Higher Octave Records.
Namaste (Jonathan Cain album)|Namaste (2001) Wildhorse Records.
Anthology (Jonathan Cain album)|Anthology (2001) One Way Records.
Bare Bones (Jonathan Cain album)|Bare Bones (2004) AAO Records.
Where I Live (Jonathan Cain album)|Where I Live (2006) AAO Records.
Awards
He has received two Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI songwriter awards, both for songs co-written with Steve Perry, " Open Arms (Journey song)|Open Arms " and " Who's Crying Now ". The Journey song, "When You Love a Woman", which he co-wrote with Perry and Schon, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1997.
See also
List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards
References
reflist
External links
http://www.jonathancain.com/ Jonathan Cain Official Site
myspace|jonathancainmusic
http://www.thebabysarchives.com The Babys Official Unofficial Archives and Chronological History
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