At first listen, you might think The Cadillac Three’s two latest singles, “The South,” and their current single, “White Lightning,” are very different songs, but Jaren Johnston says, “If you think about it, tempo-wise, ‘The South’ and ‘Lightning’, they’re not really that different, just one’s more of that Skynyrd anthem and the other one is a love song, but it’s still got that deep southern root thing.”
Both songs will be on their debut album, which they’re working on, and Jaren says the sound of the rest of the album could go either way. “As far as the rest of the record, it’s gonna be crazy,” he says. “I think it’s gonna be either really far that way or really far this way, depending on how it keeps going. We kinda fly by the seat of our whiskey.”
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The Cadillac Three – White Lightning vs The South :28
“Well, every band wants to grow. I think, I wrote that song a while ago, about the same time I wrote ‘The South’, and stuff like that. If you think about it, tempo-wise, ‘The South’ and ‘Lightning’, they’re not really that different, just one’s more of that Skynyrd anthem and the other one is a love song, but it’s still got that deep southern root thing. As far as the rest of the record, it’s gonna be crazy, I think it’s gonna be either really far that way or really far this way, depending on how it keeps going. We kinda fly by the seat of our whiskey.”
WHAT THEY’RE DOING THIS WEEK – OCTOBER 5, 2015 – MONDAY
The Cadillac Three are now on the road as part of Chase Rice’s new headlining tour with dates in Athens, Georgia on Friday (10/9) and Chattanooga on Saturday (10/10). Also, Jaren celebrated a birthday in Las Vegas at a show on Sunday (10/4).
THE CADILLAC THREE – THE FACTS
MEMBERS: Jaren Johnston b.10/4 (lead vocals, guitar), Kelby Ray (bass guitar, Dobro, acoustic guitar, vocals), and Neil Mason (drums, vocals).
HOMETOWN / ORIGIN: Nashville, Tennessee
DEBUT SINGLE: “The South”
DEBUT ALBUM: The Cadillac Three – RELEASED: May 7, 2014
CURRENT SINGLE: “White Lightning” – released in April.
GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: July 22, 2014
LATEST MUSIC VIDEO – 2015 – “White Lightning”
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