Jerry Cantrell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jerry Cantrell
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Mar 18, 1966(1966-03-18)
Age	58
Birthplace	Tacoma
Country	United States
Birth City	Washington
Horoscope	Pisces

Jerry Cantrell Biography

Jerry Cantrell is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on March 18, 1966 in Tacoma, Washington, United States. Musician and guitarist in the grunge and rock group Alice in Chains who also was pursuing an independent career.

The song by Cantrell “Rooster” has been used in numerous television shows as well as on the Judd Apatow film This is 40.

Cantrell was born in Tacoma, Washington, on March 18, 1966, to Gloria Jean Krumpos and Jerry Fulton Cantrell. He grew up in Spanaway, and is the oldest of three children. 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. His maternal grandmother was from Norway, and his maternal grandfather was from Czech Republic.

Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co- lead vocalist and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to international fame in the early 1990s during Seattle’s grunge movement, and is known for its distinctive vocal style and the harmonized vocals between Cantrell and Layne Staley (and later Cantrell and William DuVall). Cantrell started to sing lead vocals on Alice in Chains’ 1992 EP Sap. 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.

His father is an Vietnam veteran. Jerry sang his song “Rooster” to him.

Jerry Cantrell Net Worth

Jerry Cantrell is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jerry Cantrell 's net worth $35 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He grew up with country music, and thinks of himself as a half-redneck. His first group were Diamond Lie.

He was head of the school’s award-winning choir, and also performed the national anthem at games.

Apart from his signature G&L Guitars, Cantrell has also been seen playing a Telecaster, a Fender Standard Stratocaster Brown Sunburst, a Gibson Les Paul 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. Also a Gibson Custom Shop Jerry Cantrell SG, a 1952 Goldtop Les Paul, an Ernie Ball Music Man EVH that was a gift from Eddie Van Halen in the 1990s, but has been stolen from Cantrell, a dark blue Mosrite Venture, a Dean Michael Schenker USA V, and Dean Soltero guitars.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Jerry Cantrell height 6 ft 2 in Jerry weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Jerry Cantrell Dating?

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In 1985, Cantrell was going to winter semester of college, but he decided to quit it and moved to Dallas, Texas to join a band with a couple of friends. Cantrell worked doing asbestos abatement around the Dallas and Houston area. He also worked at the music store Arnold and Morgan Music Company. While working at the store, Cantrell bought what he described as his first “real guitar”, a 1984 G&L Rampage. During that time, he had a band with Vinnie Chas (from Pretty Boy Floyd), called Sinister. Later they formed another band called Raze.

Facts & Trivia

Jerry Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jerry Cantrell celebrates birthday on March 18 of every year.

Cantrell met Layne Staley, then Alice N’ Chains’ lead singer, at a party in Seattle around August 1987. He was homeless after being kicked out of his family’s house, so Staley invited Cantrell to live with him at the 24-hour rehearsal studio “The Music Bank”. Shortly after Cantrell moved in with Staley at the Music Bank, Alice ‘N Chains broke up.

Did Jerry Cantrell write a song about Layne Staley?

“Black Gives Way to Blue” is a song by American rock band Alice in Chains, and the last track on their 2009 studio album of the same name. Written and sung by guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, it features Elton John on piano. The song is a tribute to the band’s late lead singer, Layne Staley, who died in 2002.

Who is Jerry Cantrell's dad?

Jerry Cantrell Sr.

How did Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell meet?

“I met Layne at a house party I think in West Seattle, and I’d never met him before but I’d seen his band and I remember the first time I heard him sing, I was like, ‘Man that guy’s cool. That guy’s got a great voice. I would love to be in a band with that guy. ‘

What guitar does Jerry Cantrell?

Jerry Cantrell is known for playing G &L Rampage guitars as well as becoming a devoted player of Gibson Les Paul Custom guitars. His most notorious G&L Rampage guitar is known as “Blue Dress” which got its nickname from its sticker graphic of a pin-up girl wearing a blue dress.

Did Layne Staley sing on Black Gives Way to Blue?

Cantrell said about singing lead vocals in the album: I had to step up quite a bit more than I ever had. He [Layne Staley] always gave me a lot of confidence to do that, to sing more lead. And you can hear that as the albums progress, I kind of start growing into that role.