Jonathan Cain

==Career==
[[File:Jonathan Cain.jpg|thumb|Cain in 1980]]
After releasing two 45s on Dial label as Johnny Lee from tapes recorded at Golden Voice in South Pekin, Il, he released a 45 under the name of Jonathan Cain on "October" on an obscure independent label.<Illinois Entertainer September 1981>  In 1976, Cain released another record as the Jonathan Cain Band, ''Windy City Breakdown'', 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 (band)|Journey]], taking [[Gregg Rolie]]'s place on keyboards.{{sfn|Daniels|2011|pp=48–51}} Cain aided Journey's rise to the top of the charts with his first collaborations on the album ''[[Escape (Journey album)|Escape]]'', composing and playing the piano on songs such as "[[Don't Stop Believin']]", described by [[AllMusic]] as "one of the best opening keyboard riffs in rock".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/dont-stop-believin-mt0009090293|title=Don't Stop Believin' - Journey - Song Info - AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=June 2, 2018}}</ref> Perhaps his most notable contribution was as sole author of the Journey ballad "[[Faithfully (song)|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.

The song "[[Working Class Man]]" sung by [[Jimmy Barnes]] is one of Cain's compositions and is considered to be Barnes' [[signature song]].

Cain reunited with former Babys bandmates [[John Waite]] and [[Ricky Phillips]], fellow Journey bandmate [[Neal Schon]], and future Journey drummer [[Deen Castronovo]] to form the band [[Bad English]]. The band released two albums before disbanding in the early 1990s.

In 1996, the Journey lineup from the album ''Escape'' was reunited. They reformed and recorded the album ''[[Trial by Fire (Journey album)|Trial by Fire]]''. After suffering a hip injury while hiking in Hawaii that required surgery, in 1998 [[Steve Perry (musician)|Steve Perry]] again left the band. Journey has continued on with three subsequent lead singers, [[Steve Augeri]] from 1998 to 2006, [[Jeff Scott Soto]] from 2006 to 2007, and [[Arnel Pineda]] from 2007 to the present.

Cain is known to perform a piano solo at every Journey concert, usually right before the band performs "[[Open Arms (Journey song)|Open Arms]]." He started this tradition when he first joined the band in 1980.

In addition to his work with Journey, Cain has released eight solo albums and contributed to solo albums by fellow Journey member [[Neal Schon]]. His solo work includes a move to making Christian music since 2016.

Cain serves as the worship leader at City of Destiny, where his wife [[Paula White]] is the pastor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonathan Cain|url=https://paulawhite.org/jonathan-cain/|access-date=August 25, 2020|website=Paula White Ministries|language=en-US}}</ref>

In May 2018, Cain became a published author with the release of his memoir, ''Don't Stop Believin': The Man, the Band, and the Song That Inspired Generations.''<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=April 26, 2018|title=Journey Keyboardist Jonathan Cain's New Memoir: 10 Things We Learned|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/journey-keyboardist-jonathan-cains-new-memoir-10-things-we-learned-627675/|access-date=August 25, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>