I kinda focus my energy there [in the band]. [240] The guitars feature a single-bridge humbucker wired to a volume control. 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. 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. Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Jerry Cantrell in 2023. 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). Before . 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. 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. [13] Guitar World Magazine ranked Cantrell as the 38th out of "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time" in 2004,[14] and the 37th "Greatest Guitar Player of All Time" in 2012. . [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. [16] Cantrell has earned nine Grammy Award nominations as a member of Alice in Chains.[17]. Andy Ford. Guitar-wise, Jerry's playing was always exciting and interesting. [51], In 1985 or 1986, Cantrell moved back to Tacoma and began a band called Diamond Lie, which included singer Scott Damon, drummer Bobby Nesbitt and bassist Matt Muasau. I rarely bathed during that period of writing; I sent out for food, I didn't really venture out of my house in three or four months. You can hear that across Alice In Chains' discography, a sense of golden-hued classicism applying light and shade. 2 comments. [232] Cantrell performed Alice in Chains' hits "Would?" [63] Diamond Lie gained attention in the Seattle area and eventually took the name of Staley's previous band, Alice N' Chains, and was quickly renamed as Alice in Chains. [41] He also considers himself "half Yankee and half redneck". [31] His first job was delivering newspapers. An extremely relatable short film.Directed by Ted KampWritten by W. Earl BrownFeaturing Eric Stromer, Jerry Cantrell, W. Earl Brown, Suzanne Friedline & Ted . Cantrell, the founder, guitarist and co-vocalist of . He grew up in Spanaway, and is the oldest of three children. 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. That's the approach we've taken for a lot of years. [223] Cantrell alongside Pearl Jam's Mike McCready and Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, also played guitar for Heart's hit song "Barracuda" with Ann and Nancy Wilson at the ceremony. It's time to let it be. "[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. It's been an amazing day. and "Man in the Box", and sang Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak". [66][63][67], Cantrell attended a Guns N' Roses concert at the Seattle Center in 1988,[68] and took an Alice in Chains demo tape to give to the band. In December 2005, a surgery in his left shoulder removed bone fragments and repaired cartilage. Yes, Jerry Cantrell is part of Alice In Chains, one of the biggest hard rock groups of the last 30 plus years. 1 hits,[145] and eleven Grammy Award nominations.[146]. Alice in Chains Jerry Cantrell. [319] Cantrell stated, "There are two things you never want to get into a conversation or argument about: politics and religion. Cantrell's Parents. [15], In October 2008, Guitar World ranked Cantrell's solo in "Man in the Box" at No. Tickets are on sale Friday, August 27 at 10:00 AM local time. 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Now the once-discontinued model returns as a Jerry Cantrell signature guitar, complete with a spruced-up feature set. The metal part will never leave, and I never want it to". He also has a solo career and released the albums Boggy Depot in 1998 and Degradation Trip Volumes 1 2 i . [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. [278], Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash stated in a 2010 interview with Epiphone.com that Cantrell is one of the most inspiring lead guitar players that have come out in the last 20 years.[279]. [35] He graduated from high school in 1984. [26] 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 maternal grandmother in Tacoma. [213] "This band is really just about having fun and playing tunes that we were fans of growing up," Cantrell stated. [299], In 2018, Cantrell played Terry, a plumber who plays bass in a garage band in the short film Dad Band, co-starring W. Earl Brown. His place of birth is in Tacoma, Washington, the United States of America. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of rock band Alice in Chains. Look forward to setting it free upon your ear holes sometime soon. [294] Cantrell said about the film; "I get more people coming up to me telling me my line. 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 was a veteran of the US Navy. ", was written by Cantrell as a tribute to his late friend Andrew Wood. A 26-year-old employee at Microsoft faces decades in prison after allegedly stabbing another Microsoft employee more than a dozen times near the tech behemoth's campus in an unprovoked . [287], In 2012, Cantrell's voice was featured on a smoking policy ad at the Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle. We're willing to take a chance on it. [342], Since 2009, Cantrell has hosted the Alice in Chains & Friends Charity Fantasy Football League. 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[citation needed] Cantrell opened for Metallica and Van Halen on their 1998 summer tour. [215] No formal albums were released by the band. 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 . 1), selling 61,000 copies in its first week of release. Cantrell came to fame as a member of Alice In Chains, one of the most successful bands . He watched as his father struggled with PTSD throughout his childhood until, eventually, it destroyed his family. The band rose to international fame in the early 1990s during Seattle's grunge movement, and is known for its distinctive vocal . [195], In 2010, Cantrell played guitar on the song "Anything" from Pearl Aday's debut album, Little Immaculate White Fox. [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. [22][23] His maternal grandmother was from Norway, and his maternal grandfather was from the Czech Republic. [188], Cantrell played guitar in the song "Fallen Ones"[189] from Heart's 2004 album Jupiters Darling. [75][78][57], Although Alice in Chains has been labeled grunge by the mainstream media,[79] Cantrell identifies the band as primarily heavy metal. That's me trying to put myself in my dad's shoes and experience, or at least kind of . Alice in Chain's song "Rooster" reveals his father's broken, PTSD state in lines like, "Wife and kids, household pet / Army green was no safe bet . His first concert after the surgery was at the Key Club in West Hollywood on July 1, 2001. [24][25], After Cantrell learned to write, he documented his goal on Dr. Seuss' book, My Book About Me, filling in the sentence "When I grow up I want to be a" with the words "rock star". [32] 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. [164] He had to sell his Seattle house to fund the album and produced it himself. 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". [217] The following night, Cantrell joined the band to perform "Kick Out the Jams". [75][76][77] Cantrell stated that it was Staley who encouraged him to sing. [308] Alice in Chains also paid tribute to Cornell on the one year anniversary of his death on May 18, 2018. [243], Cantrell used the original "Blue Dress" guitar on the music videos for "Man in the Box",[244] "We Die Young",[245] "Sea of Sorrow",[246] "Grind",[247] and "Again". 38 on its list of "The 66 Best Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time". But it's not about separating and forgetting it's about remembering and moving on. 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. [56][124] The writing and recording process was completed on March 18, 2009 Cantrell's 43rd birthday and also the same day that DuVall's son was born. at the Gibson Summer Jam 2008. Riverside Municipal Auditorium - Riverside. Cantrell joined Metallica on backing vocals during their performance of "Nothing Else Matters" at the Download Festival in Dublin on June 11, 2006. 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 . Jerry Cantrell has made a career out of casting the light and the dark. [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. Mark Kozelek was cast instead. So many great guitar riffs and solo performances on this record. "I think there's overwhelming evidence that things aren't working right now. There's never been any doubt about how great a musician Jerry Cantrell is, and as the main music writer for Alice in Chains, he is often credited as the father of some of Grunge's fattest . [114] Although Cantrell acknowledges the benefits of working as a solo artist, he expressed his happiness with being back in the band culture. 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