Purchase The Cadillac Three's Days of Gold
The Cadillac Three is a three-piece, hot-shit, slide guitar,
honky-tonk stompin’ outfit that churns out sizzlin’ hot southern-fried country
rock. The band is a showcase for lead singer and songwriter Jaren Johnston’s
considerable and prodigious talents as a hit maker. Johnston has been around
Nashville for a long time (he literally grew up at the Grand Ol’ Opry, where
his father was band drummer). But, what sets him apart is his job that has him
writing hits for everyone from Keith Urban to Tim McGraw—Johnston maintains a
publishing deal with Warner Brothers while still fronting The Cadillac
Three. Which is pretty amazing, but when
you listen to the swaggering, brawling, booze-soaked country rock of the TC3, its
hard to think of the likes of Keith Urban or any other pop country signer being
anywhere near the same league as Johnston’s band.
TC3 channels the best of all genre’s of rock: there’s the
laid back lyrical sense of breathing in deep the humid, bug filled air of a backyard
party somewhere way down south, to the hyped up giddy kind of buzz that comes
from cold beers and shots of Old # 7. Johnston’s a visual writer, who turns
phrases expertly and can delve in country clichés without being cliché in the
least. TC3 captures everything you might love, or not even realize you love,
about not just southern/ country rock, but rock ‘n roll in general: exuberant,
down and dirty, crunchy and raw.
Take a listen to “Days of Gold”, a hymn to good time
southern summers—whiskey, beers, a smoking grill—set to a quick time, hand
clapping, boot stomping lap-steel-driven beat. TC3 are kind of the best kind of
party you can find on disc: down home and all revved up. Here’s to summer and
all the parties to come!
I'll post two versions of the song: the original, and live version, so you can get a taste of what these three guys can do, which is pretty much tear it up!
