You can get close enough to fake it, but you will never get it right. Cantrell's guitar playing is known for its unique use of wah pedal as well as odd time signatures. Maybe somewhere down the road. 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: . Subsequent work with the revamped Alice in Chains may have stalled this release. [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. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of rock band Alice in Chains. He watched as his father struggled with PTSD throughout his childhood until, eventually, it destroyed his family. [16] Cantrell was ranked at No. The nickname "Rooster" was a childhood nickname given by his great-grandfather to Cantrell . [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. [213] On November 10, 2004, Cantrell was among the musicians who performed a short acoustic set to benefit Help The Homeless in Hollywood, California. He plays with super accuracy. The first is a Rampage model which is very similar to the instrument most closely identified with Cantrell, known as the "Blue Dress Rampage" for having an image of a vintage pin-up girl wearing a blue dress, which Cantrell taped to the top of his first guitar. Jerry is best known for being in the rock band Alice in Chains as their lead guitarist, co-lyricist cum co-lead singer. [88] The opening track, "Brother", featured Cantrell on lead vocals. [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". 1. [161] Cantrell reportedly asked Staley to join him onstage, but Staley declined. [267] In 2013, a limited edition of the pedal was released in black and red featuring the cover artwork for the album The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, and the lyrics to "Stone" on the bottom. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter[9] of the rock band Alice in Chains. 2 comments. [164] He had to sell his Seattle house to fund the album and produced it himself. But being a part of this band is a full time job. [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. The upcoming tour follows the release of his first song from Brighten, "Atone", which . I'm an army brat my dad was in the army and we moved around quite a bit when I was . 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. [175] He was joined by Greg Puciato and Terra Lopez on vocals, Tyler Bates on guitar, Johnny Scaglione on acoustic guitar, James Lomenzo on bass, Gil Sharone on drums, Jordan Lewis on keyboards and Michael Rozon on pedal steel guitar. [52] While working at the store, Cantrell bought what he described as his first "real guitar", a 1984 G&L Rampage. [215] No formal albums were released by the band. "[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. 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. It's one of those things where if you take a break and allow things to settle in, it might be harder to get up again. 38 on its list of "The 66 Best Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time". Cantrell was unable to attend the recording session and was replaced by Saliva's Josey Scott. 6:02 PM. It's completely a reunion because the three of us who're left are back together. [35] He graduated from high school in 1984. The best places to look for gear usage are typically on the artist's social media , YouTube, live performance images , and . [154] The tracks "Cut You In", "My Song" and "Dickeye" were released as singles to promote the album. [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. "[37] Cantrell was also Crowe's first choice for the role of Stillwater bass player Larry Fellows in Almost Famous (2000), but he was busy writing the songs for his solo album Degradation Trip and had to turn the role down. [50] Cantrell worked doing asbestos abatement around the Dallas and Houston area. His first solo material was the song "Leave Me Alone", released exclusively on The Cable Guy soundtrack in 1996, featuring Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney on drums and Cantrell on lead vocals, guitar and bass. It's also effective when you slow something down and then slam 'em into the dash. It's a repetitive motion injury from playing. 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. Cantrell was born in Tacoma, Washington, on March 18, 1966, to Gloria Jean Krumpos and Jerry Fulton Cantrell. I love him and have to move on. He spent his childhood days in Spanaway. I'll remember him and respect the memories of what we did together and just enjoy life and that's all I'll say about it. [194] He also played guitar on Smith & Pyle's debut album, It's OK To Be Happy, released in 2008. Playing again in 2005 felt right, so we did the next thing and toured. When Jerry was a boy, he wanted an electric guitar for Christmas, but his father bought him an acoustic one with nylon strings, so there is a good chance that the D-50 was one of his very first six-strings. [239] They feature a maple body, maple neck and ebony fingerboard. The two models most closely identified with Cantrell are instruments manufactured in the 1980s. My band has been doing things lately, so I don't really have time to do anything. Jerry Cantrell was already assisting Staley on vocals from time to time, . When Jerry was in sixth grade, his mom was dating a guitar player who taught him a couple of chords. Silver was also Alice in Chains' manager. [235], In February 2017, Cantrell released the song "A Job to Do", the end-title song to John Wick: Chapter 2. [53], While living in Dallas, Cantrell met an early incarnation of the band Pantera and started a long friendship with brothers Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul. Curtis and Silver passed the demo on to Columbia Records. [75][76][77] Cantrell stated that it was Staley who encouraged him to sing. Jerry's paternal grandfather was Herbert Franklin Cantrell (the son of Fred Carl Cantrell and Delphia Blanche Campbell). Reviewed and Photographed by Kevin Rolfe . Guitar-wise, Jerry's playing was always exciting and interesting. Now the once-discontinued model returns as a Jerry Cantrell signature guitar, complete with a spruced-up feature set. He is the eldest child of his parents. Once Cantrell started writing the song and the rest of the album, his mystery illness disappeared. Due to the strain of war, his parents divorced when he was seven years old, and Cantrell was raised by his mother, Gloria, and his . [335][336][337], In 1996, Cantrell became involved with anti-racism organisation Artists for a Hate Free America,[338] alongside other musicians including Jeff Ament, Beck and Michael Stipe, to film public service announcements, and pose for a national ad campaign. 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. (174) $174.00. Both musicians died in 2017. [161][162] It was Halloween night and Staley was backstage as a guest. Here is what Jerry Cantrell said about the song 'Rooster' and his father: "I remember writing 'Rooster,' I was staying over at [Chris] Cornell's place, had a little guest room at the place out in West Seattle - a tiny little room, it just had room for like a little bed, it was kind of like a converted closet, I think.. And I remember I stayed up all night - I may even have . [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". 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". [26] In a 1998 Q&A, Cantrell revealed that acting has always been an interest to him. The Jerry Cantrell "Wino" Les Paul from Gibson Custom Shop is available beginning August 24. . Before . [56] Cantrell, Mike Inez and Sean Kinney also thanked Staley in the album's liner notes. After Staley's death in 2002, Cantrell took the role of Alice in Chains' lead singer on most of the songs from the band's post-Staley albums, Black Gives Way to Blue (2009), The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) and Rainier Fog (2018), with DuVall harmonizing with him in the new songs and singing Staley's vocals in the old songs in live concerts.[11][12]. [184] He also guested on Circus of Power's 1993 album Magic & Madness for the song "Heaven & Hell", played lead guitar on Metal Church's "Gods of a Second Chance" from their 1993 album Hanging in the Balance,[185] and played on the track "Marry Me" from Pigeonhed's 1997 album, The Full Sentence. [62] Kinney and his girlfriend went to the Music Bank and listened to Cantrell's demos. 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. When Alice in Chains' first album went gold, Cantrell sent both teachers a gold record. [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. [163], Cantrell started recording a follow-up to Boggy Depot in 2000. [196] Aday stated that she thought Cantrell would be a good person to put in some "heartbroken, haunting, crying guitar" on the track. [207], Cantrell made several guest appearances with the supergroup Camp Freddy,[208][209][210] (a covers band featuring Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, former Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Billy Idol guitarist Billy Morrison),[211] performing with them for the first time at The Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2004.[212]. [86] The EP has been certified gold,[87] and it features guest vocals by Ann Wilson from the band Heart, who joined Cantrell for the chorus of "Brother", and Staley for the chorus of "Am I Inside". Biography Early life. [202][203] Cantrell joined the band again for their performance of "Walk" during a concert in San Jose, California on February 6, 2001. [205], In 2002, Cantrell played a series of summer dates with headlining rock band Nickelback. [27] Cantrell wrote the song "Rooster" at the Cornells' house and stayed there for a few weeks. From his decades of a successful music career, Jerry, named by Metal Hammer as Riff Lord in 2006, is now entitled to a whooping net worth of 35 million dollars, as CelebrityNetWorth reports. 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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. He was also living in San Francisco during that period. [311] Staley died on April 5, 2002 at the same time of Cantrell's Degradation Trip tour, but Cantrell opted not to cancel any shows, stating, "It's difficult to do interviews - it's hard to talk about it [Staley's death]. . Jerry Cantrell started his music career with the Marshall JCM800. [265] He has most recently been using a signature amp called the, 'JJ100' made for him by Friedman Amplification. Jerry Cantrell was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1966 and is most widely recognized as the lead guitarist, co-lyricist, and co-lead singer for the immensely popular band, Alice in Chains. [192] The songs performed by Cantrell were also included on disc four of Osbourne's box set Prince of Darkness (2005). [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. 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. [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. He grew up in Spanaway, and is the oldest of three children. Cantrell was born in Tacoma, Washington, on March 18, 1966,[2] to Gloria Jean Krumpos and Jerry Fulton Cantrell. [125], About the pressure being put on DuVall for replacing Staley as lead vocalist, Cantrell said, "To put all that weight on Will's shoulders is unfair. Jerry was a veteran of the US Navy. [173] On February 6, 2019, Cantrell performed a two-song acoustic set for BMG's Pre-Grammy Party at the No Name bar in Los Angeles. [74], Cantrell started to sing lead vocals on the 1992 acoustic EP Sap, and his role continued to grow in the following albums, making Alice in Chains a two-vocal band. Jerry Cantrell Jr. is a well-known musician, classical guitarist, actor, composer, and singer-songwriter. [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. [13] He was apparently thrilled at winning the title over several famous artists such as Slash, James Hetfield, and Jimmy Page. G&L Guitars makes two Jerry Cantrell Signature guitars available to the general public for purchase. The metal part will never leave, and I never want it to". 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". [159] Cantrell said of the writing experience: In '98, I locked myself in my house, went out of my mind and wrote 25 songs. Born Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr on 18th March, 1966 in Tacoma, Washington, USA . The chorus speaks of Jerry's father. [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. 10 on Total Guitar/MusicRadar's "15 best rock guitarists in the world right now" poll. 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. "[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. [321] The injury caused the remainder of Cantrell's solo tour to be postponed. [293], In 1996, he had a cameo in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire playing "Jesus of CopyMat", the CopyMat worker who helped Tom Cruise's character make copies of his manifesto. [269] The lyrics to "Black Gives Way to Blue" are printed on the base plate of the pedal. [28] Father and son also appeared together on the music video for "Rooster", in which Jerry Sr. recalls the war. He grew up in Spanaway, and is the oldest of three children. Cantrell made a name for himself in rock but was raised on country music. JERRY CANTRELL: That was the first real concert, yeah. Show All Dates . [29][30], Cantrell moved back with his mother to Spanaway where he attended junior high. Jerry's tone on that one is insane. [32] It would not be until the age of 17 that he began seriously playing an electric guitar. [42] In the months before writing the song, Cantrell had been suffering from an unexplained illness. [167] The live show was well received by audiences on a national tour that helped build upon the solo album's success. [37], Cantrell is featured in the 1992 movie Singles, along with the rest of Alice in Chains performing the songs "It Ain't Like That" and "Would?". Also, Jerry plays like a machine. Jerry Cantrell was born to the parents named Jerry Fulton Cantrell (father) and Gloria Jean Krumpos (mother). [228] On March 25, 2017, Cantrell performed with Nancy Wilson and Mike Inez at the 5th annual Rock Against MS benefit concert. 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Jerry, who resides in his Washington house, recently sold his Studio City . [35] Besides singing, Cantrell also played guitar, piano, clavinet, organ, and steel drums on the album. [220], On May 12, 2012, Cantrell made a duet with Somar Macek accompanied by the Synergia Northwest Orchestra for a performance of Elton John's "Levon" at the Paramount Theater in Seattle, during a benefit concert for music education in Northwest public schools. Joseph Richard Cantrell (L) via King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, (R) via Redmond Police Dept. [98][102] Still in 1999, the band released a 15-track compilation titled Nothing Safe: Best of the Box. [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. It was scary church music. I was living in Pennsylvania on an army base where my dad was stationed," Cantrell began . 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