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unusual facts about Jonathan Cain


Windy City Breakdown

Windy City Breakdown is the first solo album by the keyboard player and guitarist Jonathan Cain.


Brett Walker

At the age of 21, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he worked as a songwriter and collaborated with a number of artists and songwriters, including Survivor, Nick Gilder, Jonathan Cain (Journey), Russ Ballard, Carl Dixon and Alias featuring Freddy Curci.

For the Working Class Man

Journey's Jonathan Cain contributed, produced and performed on two tracks, "Working Class Man" (Which has since become Barnes' signature song as a solo artist after being featured in the Ron Howard film Gung Ho) and "American Heartbeat", with Steven Van Zandt of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band co-writing "Ride the Night Away" and Chas Sanford penning "I'd Die to be with You Tonight".

The Babys

In August 1978, a replacement for Michael Corby was sought and the The Babys added two musicians: Jonathan Cain as keyboardist and Ricky Phillips to take over as bassist.

Two American musicians became a part of the lineup the following year; keyboardist/guitarist Jonathan Cain replaced Corby, and bassist Ricky Phillips (of "Nasty Habit") joined in 1979, making it a five-piece band.


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