Tony Carey

Tony Carey
Born	October 16, 1953
Origin	Turlock, California, United States
Genres	Instrumental, rock, space rock, progressive rock
Instruments	Keyboards, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Producer
Years active	1972 - Present
Labels	ABC, Rocshire, MCA, X-Records, Geffen, Metronome, Teldec, East West, BMG Ariola, Happy Street, Babyboomer, Progrock records, Renaissance, T-Toone
Associated acts	Blessings, Rainbow, Evil Masquerade, Zed Yargo, Over the Rainbow, E.B.C. ROXX, Peter Maffay
Website	Official site

Antony Laurence Carey (born October 16, 1953, Turlock, California) is a keyboard player best known for his work with Rainbow.

One of his earliest musical experiences was in a band called Blessings, in which he played until 1975 when Ritchie Blackmore discovered and hired him as keyboardist for Rainbow. He played with Rainbow on two world tours, until 1977. After his departure from Rainbow he began a solo career, releasing albums under his own name as well under the moniker of Planet P Project, and producing for and performing with other artists.

Career

With the band Rainbow, Carey appeared on the studio album Rainbow Rising (1976) and on the live albums On Stage (1977) and Live in Germany (1994). Carey performed the keyboard introduction to "Tarot Woman", the first track on the Rainbow Rising album and the keyboard solo on "A Light in the Black", the last cut on the album.

He had minor hits in 1982 from the lp "I Wont Be Home Tonight" , the title track "I Won't Be Home Tonight", and "West Coast Summer Nights". Then side stepping to another project, Carey would return a year later with "Some Tough City" with releases, A Fine, Fine Day, reaching #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart And also #1 on the Top Rock Tracks chart. A follow-up single, "The First Day of Summer", reached #33 on the Hot 100 in July 1984. The Album itself, Some Tough City, took the #60 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart. Carey opened for Night Ranger on many dates of their 1984 tour in support of this album. His 1985 follow-up album, Blue Highway, did not score a hit on radio.

Carey also fronted the space / progressive rock group Planet P Project (initially called just Planet P), which served as a vehicle for his solo work. Planet P Project released two albums in the 1980s, Planet P (on Geffen Records) in 1983 and the concept album, Pink World (on MCA Records) in 1984, for which he wrote the lyrics and music, sang the lead vocals, and played most of the instruments. Session performers on lead guitar, saxophones, programming, and drums on some tracks made up the rest of the group. The first album was released on CD in 1992, retitled Planet P Project. Planet P's biggest hit was 'Why Me'. Planet P Project returned 2003-2009 with a trilogy of albums collectively called "Go Out Dancing" (G.O.D.). The albums were "1931" (2003), "Levittown" (2008), and "Out In The Rain" (2009).

Carey began producing and guesting on many major groups from the US and Europe in the mid 80s. Notables of the many included Jennifer Rush in 1985, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Chicago Line in 1988, keyboards and producer. In 1992 with Joe Cocker - Now That You're Gone, Forest McDonald's Color Blind, and in 2006 from Dire Straits, David Knopfler - Songs For The Siren. In a November 12, 2011 interview on Lkcb 128.4 Internet Radio [1] Carey said 'Ive written for myself and others, over a thousand songs'. (Leonard k Collins Verify)

In 2009, Tony Carey and three other ex-members of Rainbow, Joe Lynn Turner, Bobby Rondinelli and Greg Smith teamed up with Jürgen Blackmore, Ritchie Blackmore's son, to form "Over the Rainbow" to perform Rainbow songs in concerts in Russia and Eastern Europe. Due to illness, however, Tony Carey left Over the Rainbow in the spring of 2009, just prior to the band's live debut at the Sweden Rock Festival, where he was replaced by Paul Morris.

In 2010 it was announced that Tony Carey had formed a new musical racing project called EBC ROXX with (J.R.) Jürgen Blackmore & Ela. Their first single "Silver wheels" was released in March 2010 and was written as the anthem to accompany the first race of Mercedes Formula 1 pilots Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg this season. The project later announced that a full CD entitled "Winners" would be released on September 20, 2010.

Discography

Solo

• 1982 In the Absence of the Cat (vinyl only) (Reissued on CD [200 copies only] and mp3 download 2011)
• 1982 I Won't Be Home Tonight / Self titled (Reissued 1987/2003)
• 1984 Some Tough City (Reissued 1992/2008)
• 1985 Blue Highway (Reissued 1992/2008)
• 1987 Bedtime Story (Soundtrack, Reissued 1996)
• 1988 Wilder Westen Inclusive (Soundtrack)
• 1989 For You (with Anne Haigis & Eric Burdon)
• 1990 Storyville
• 1992 The Long Road
• 1993 Rare Tracks
• 1994 Cold War Kids
• 1999 The Boystown Tapes (Reissued 2007)
• 2004 Islands and Deserts
• 2006 Live in Sweden 2006 - Volume #1
• 2009 The New Machine (Self released)
• 2009 Roundup - The Ones That Got Away (Self released)
• 2009 Live In Sweden 2006 - Volume #2
• 2009 Christmas Hymns (Self released)
• 2010 Stanislaus County Kid (Self released)
• 2011 Stanislaus County Kid, Volume II - Crossing the tracks (Self released)

Single Releases only

• 1981 Jamie (Maxi single)
• 1988 Midnight wind (B track for Whitney Houston's - 'One moment in time' single, from the 1988 summer Olympic album)
• 1991 Wenn die Liebe geht - That's not love to me (with Ina Morgan)
• 1994 Route 66 (Rose T.C.)
• 1995 Birds in cages
• 2004 Überall du (Dutch version of 'Room with a view' featuring Mo Casal)

Instrumental

• 1982 Yellow Power (vinyl only) (limited re-release on CD, 2011)
• 1982 Explorer (vinyl only) (limited re-release on CD, 2011)
• 1982 Heaven (vinyl only) (limited re-release on CD, 2011)
• 1982 No Human (vinyl only)
• 1984 T.C.P. (vinyl only) (limited re-release on CD, 2011)
• 1999 Gefangen im Jemen (4 vocal tracks, mostly instrumental)
• 2000 Killing me softly / Anna (unauthorized CD/R release)
• 2006 The Voyager Files

Compilations

• 1989 The Story So Far
• 1993 For You
• 1997 A Fine, Fine Day
• 1997 Storyville
• 2000 Retrospective 1982-1999
• 2006 The chillout tapes (featuring DJ. Shah) (limited edition release)
• 2006 Just Ballads
• 2008 A Lonely Life - The Anthology
• 2008 Only The Young Die Good
• 2010 Rewind (limited free download - Slightly different versions of songs taken from, Planet P Project - G.O.D. II & III and Stanislaus County Kid)

Planet P Project

• 1983 Planet P Project - Planet P Project (Reissued 2009)
• 1984 Planet P Project - Pink World (Reissued 2008)
• 2001 Planet P Project - Go Out Dancing (unauthorized CD/R promo release)
• 2005 Planet P Project - Go Out Dancing Part 1 "1931"
• 2008 Planet P Project - Go Out Dancing Part 2 "Levittown"
• 2009 Planet P Project - Go Out Dancing Part 3 "Out in The Rain"

DVD

• 2008 A candlelight evening - Live in Sweden, 2006 (Self released)

Extended discography

Selected other recordings

• 1976 Rising - Studio recording with the band "Rainbow" (Keyboards)
• 1976 On stage - Live with the band "Rainbow" (Keyboards)
• 1977 Putting it straight - Studio recording with "Pat Travers" (Keyboards)
• 1978 Live at the Hollywood Palladium - Live recording with "The Force" (Keyboards & Vocals)
• 1982 Wynn over America - Studio recording with "Michael Wynn" (Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer)
• 1985 Sonne in der Nacht" - Studio recording with "Peter Maffay" (Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Song writer, Backing vocals)
• 1985 Movin - Studio recording of "Jennifer Rush" (Producer)
• 1985 The circle - Studio recording with "Max Carl" (Backing vocals)
• 1986 Tabaluga und das leuchtende Schweigen - Studio recording with "Peter Maffay" (Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Song writer, Backing vocals)
• 1988 Lange Schatten - Studio recording with "Peter Maffey" (Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Song writer, Backing vocals)
• 1988 Chicago line - Studio recording with "Johnny Mayall's Blues Breakers" (Keyboard, Piano, Producer)
• 1990 Live in Germany, 76' - Live with the band "Rainbow" (Keyboards)
• 1991 Alles easy - Studio Recording with "Ina Morgan" (Producer, Vocals, All instruments)
• 1992 Now that you're gone - Studio recording of "Joe Cocker" (Producer)
• 1992 No more alibis - Studio recording of the band "Sinner" (Producer)
• 1993 Respect - Studio recording of the band "Sinner" (Producer)
• 2003 Second Step - Summer tour Live 2003 - Live recording with "Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band" (Hammond, Keyboard, Vocals)
• 2006 Songs for the Siren - Studio Recording with "David Knopfler" (Hammond, Piano, Producer)
• 2006 Deutschland Tournee, 1976 (30th Anniversary Ed. Box set) - Live with the band "Rainbow" (Keyboards)
• 2009 Fade to black - Studio recording with the band "Evil Masquerade" (Keyboards)
• 2010 The pirates from hell - Studio recording with the band "Zed Yago" (Keyboards)
• 2010 The winners - Studio recording project called "EBC Roxx" (with (J.R.) Jürgen Blackmore & Ela)