Tony Carey

Antony Laurence Carey (born October 16, 1953, Turlock, California) is a rock and heavy metal keyboardist and Hammond organ player for the band Rainbow from 1975 to 1977.

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 a minor hit in the early 1980s with "I Won't Be Home Tonight", and then a bigger hit in 1984 with "A Fine, Fine Day", which reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. A follow-up single, "The First Day of Summer", reached #33 on the Hot 100 in July 1984. Both songs are featured on the album, "Some Tough City", which hit #60 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.

He also fronted the science-fiction-themed group Planet P Project (initially called just Planet P), which he used as a vehicle for his solo work. Planet P Project released two albums, "Planet P" (on Geffen Records) in 1983 and "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."

Tony began producing and guesting on many major groups from the US and Europe in the mid 80's. Notables of the many included Jennifer Rush in 1985, John Mayall and 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 Knophler - Songs For The Siren.

Discography

*1982 "Yellow Power" (self-titled, instrumental)
*1982 "Heaven" (self-titled, instrumental)
*1982 "No Human" (self-titled, instrumental)
*1982 "Explorer" (self-titled, instrumental)
*1982 "In the Absence of the Cat"
*1982 "I Won't Be Home Tonight"
*1983 "Planet P" (self-titled)
*1984 "T.C.P." (self-titled, instrumental)
*1984 "Some Tough City"
*1984 Planet P Project - "Pink World"
*1985 "Blue Highway"
*1987 "Bedtime Story" (Soundtrack "Der Joker")
*1988 "Wilder Westen Inklusive" (Soundtrack)
*1989 "For You"
*1990 "Storyville"
*1992 "The Long Road"
*1993 "Rare Tracks"
*1994 "Rose T.C." - Route 66 (separate Maxi-Single)
*1994 "Cold War Kids"
*1995 "Birds in Cages" (Maxi-Single from the soundtrack "Die Eisprinzessin")
*1999 "Gefangen im Jemen" (O.S.T.)
*1999 "The Boystown Tapes"
*2000 "Retrospective 1982-1999"
*2002 Planet P Project - "Go Out Dancing" (only as Promo-CD)
*2004 Planet P Project - "1931 (Go Out Dancing, Part 1)" (Mailorder-release from Official Website)
*2004 "Islands and Deserts" (Mailorder-release from Official Website)
*2004 Mo Cascal & Tony Carey - "Überall Du" (separate Maxi-Single)
*2007 "Live in Sweden 2006 - Volume 1"
*2007 "The Voyager Files"
*2007 "Candlelight Concert" (DVD)
*2008 Planet P Project - "1931"
*2008 Planet P Project - "Levittown (Go Out Dancing, Part 2)"
*2008 "A Lonely Life - The Anthology"
*2008 "The New Machine" 12 Song Free Internet Download at truebeliever.de
*2008 "Evil Masquerade - Fade To Black"

External links

* [http://www.truebeliever.de/ Official site]