Jonathan Cain
Background information
Birth name	Jonathan Leonard Friga
Born	February 26, 1950 (1950-02-26) (age 57)
Genre(s)	Rock
Occupation(s)	Keyboardist Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Voice Guitar Piano
Website	http://www.jonathancain.com/

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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 the harmonica. Cain attended the prestigious East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, IL. He was a survivor of the Our Lady of the Angels school fire in 1958, of which he escaped unharmed, but saw many of his classmates die.^[1]. He later attended the Chicago Conservatory of Music before moving to Nashville for a time and then eventually to Los Angeles.^[2] This article is about the instrument as a whole. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Bass may refer to: Look up bass in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Monument at Queen of Heaven Cemetery The Our Lady of the Angels School Fire broke out shortly before classes were to be dismissed on December 1, 1958, at the foot of a stairway of a Roman Catholic elementary and middle school in Chicago. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government  - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area  - City  526. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ...

Career

By the mid-70s Cain released his first record as the Jonathan Cain Band, Windy City Breakdown, in 1976 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, taking Gregg Rolie's place on keyboards. Cain helped Journey's rise to the top of the charts with his first collaborations on the album Escape, composing and playing the piano on songs such as "Don't Stop Believin'", described by All Music Guide as "one of the best opening keyboard riffs in rock." [3]. Perhaps his most notable contribution was as sole author of the classic Journey ballad "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 left Journey in 1987, all of the band's members went their "separate ways". Cain would reunite with his former Babys bandmate, John Waite, to form the band Bad English, which would release two albums before that band's breakup. Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the 1976 Gregorian calendar. ... Bearsville Records was started in 1970 by Bob Dylans manager, Albert Grossman. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... The Babys, on the cover of their 1977 Broken Heart LP. From left to right: Tony Brock, John Waite, Michael Corby, & Wally Stocker. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California. ... Gregg Rolie (born June 17, 1947 in Seattle, Washington) is an American keyboardist, organist, and singer, who is one of the founding members of the bands Santana, Journey, The Storm, and Abraxas Pool, as well as his current Gregg Rolie Band. ... Escape is the name of several music albums, including: Escape by Journey, from 1981. ... Dont Stop Believin is a power ballad by the American rock band Journey. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Steve Perry (born Stephen Ray Perry, January 22, 1949 in Hanford, California) is a Portuguese-American[1] singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Journey. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Missing You record cover John Charles Waite, born on July 4, 1955, in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, is a rock singer. ... Bad English is an American rock band formed in 1988, reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates in The Babys. ...

In 1996 the Journey line up from the album Escape was reunited. Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Steve Smith, Jonathan Cain, and Ross Valory reformed and recorded the album Trial by Fire. Perry then left the band again in 1998. Journey has continued on with two subsequent lead singers while Cain remains a primary contributor, still recording and touring in 2007.

In addition to his notable work in Journey, Cain has released eight solo albums and contributed to solo albums by fellow Journey member Neal Schon.

Solo discography

• Windy City Breakdown (1977) Bearsville/Wounded Bird Records.
• Back to the Innocence (1995) Intersound Records.
• Piano with a View (1995) Higher Octave Records.
• Body Language (1997) Higher Octave Records.
• For a Lifetime (1998) Higher Octave Records.
• Namaste (2001) Wildhorse Records.
• Anthology (2001) One Way Records.
• Animated Movie Love Songs (2002) One Way Records.
• Bare Bones (2004) AAO Records.
• Where I Live (2006) AAO Records.

Windy City Breakdown is the first solo album by keyboardist/guitarist Jonathan Cain. ... Back To The Innocence is the second solo album by keyboardist/guitarist Jonathan Cain. ... Body Language is the fourth solo album by Journey keyboardist and composer Jonathan Cain. ... For a Lifetime is a piano-based instrumental album by Jonathan Cain released in 1998. ...

Awards

He has received two BMI songwriter awards, both for songs co-written with Steve Perry, "Open Arms" and "Who's Cryin' 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. Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) is a collecting society that protects composers intellectual property in the communications business, especially radio. ...

External links

• Jonathan Cain Official Site
• Jonathan Cain Official MySpace Site