Jon Carin (born October 21, 1964) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and producer. He has collaborated with acts including Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, the Who, Pete Townshend, Psychedelic Furs, Kate Bush, the Dream Academy and Richard Butler.
As a teenager, Jon Carin started his career with the band Industry as their lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter. During his time with the band, they had a hit single with "State of the Nation" in 1983, being followed by the album Stranger to Stranger.
In 1983, he was asked by Industry's producer, Rhett Davies, to work with Bryan Ferry for his Boys and Girls album. Later in 1985, he joined Bryan Ferry at Live Aid, where he first played with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.
In 1985, Carin collaborated with Gilmour in the sessions for what would eventually become Pink Floyd's album A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987). He received credit as a songwriter for co-writing "Learning to Fly, based on a song of his. He contributed the keyboards and drum track for that song and many others on the album." He participated in the support tour for the album, performing alongside returning keyboardist Richard Wright, and appeared on the 1988 Pink Floyd double live album, Delicate Sound of Thunder. In 1992, Carin participated in the recording of the soundtrack for La Carrera Panamericana. Two years later, in 1994, Carin contributed keyboards to Pink Floyd's album The Division Bell (1994). He also participated on the Division Bell tour and was featured on the Pulse CD and DVD.
Carin performed with the Who, playing Quadrophenia in its entirety in 1996, at London's Hyde Park, which led to an extensive tour throughout much of 1996–97.
On August 16, 1998, he produced and played keyboards and drums for Pete Townshend for a concert to raise money for the Maryville Academy. In 1999, a CD of this concert was released, being produced by Carin.
Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Carin was on tour with former Pink Floyd leader, Roger Waters, for his In the Flesh tour.
In October 2001, Carin performed with the Who at the Concert for New York City, a tribute concert to the lives lost on September 11.
He performed keyboards, Lap Steel guitar and vocals with Pink Floyd at their reunion with Roger Waters on July 2, 2005, for Live 8 at Hyde Park.
Carin played with David Gilmour in the 2006 tour, in support of On an Island. From June 2006, he played on Waters' The Dark Side of the Moon Live tour, with dates in 2007 and 2008.
In 2006, Carin worked on the self-titled solo album by The Psychedelic Furs' frontman Richard Butler titled Richard Butler (album). He wrote, arranged and played all of the instrumental parts, as well as producing and engineering the album.
On May 10, 2007, Carin was one of the performers at the Syd Barrett tribute concert, "Madcap's Last Laugh", at the Barbican Centre in London, performing with Roger Waters and – separately – the members of Pink Floyd (billed as Rick Wright, David Gilmour and Nick Mason) as well as with Captain Sensible. Two months later, Carin performed on keyboards, guitar and lead vocals with Roger Waters at the Live Earth event on July 7, 2007, at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.
Carin performed with Roger Waters tour "The Wall 2010–2013 Live" on keyboards, guitars, lap steel, vocals and programming.
In 2014, Carin performed keyboards, programming, guitar and vocals in Kate Bush's Before the Dawn concert series at Hammersmith Apollo, her first live shows in 35 years resulting in the Before the Dawn (Kate Bush album) live album. He contributed to David Gilmour’s Rattle That Lock album, playing keyboards in 2015. Carin performed with Gilmour on his Rattle That Lock World Tour 2015–16.
In Autumn 2016, he performed with Waters on a tour of Mexico culminating in a free concert in Zocolo Square for 200,000 people.
He then played with Roger Waters at the historic Desert Trip event in Coachella along with artists, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, The Who, Rolling Stones, and Neil Young.
In 2018, he performed keyboards, guitars, lap steel, programming and vocals in the 157-show Us + Them Tour with Roger Waters.
Carin was on tour with Waters' in 2022 and 2023 on his This Is Not a Drill tour, including the two London shows performing Waters' reimagined The Dark Side of the Moon Redux.