If you follow The Cadillac Three’s lead singer, Jaren Johnston, on Instagram – @thejaren – then you’ve probably seen videos of his two-year-old son Jude playing the drums with the type of skill that is pretty mind blowing for a two-year-old. But Jaren admits, “If you look at it it’s really not fair for other kids because my dad is a drummer, Evan’s dad is a drummer, Evan was a drummer in high school marching band. I was a drummer until I started this thing. So he’s got it four ways shooting into him, like, you know, drugs, for lack of a better way of explaining it.”
Besides the talent for playing drums practically being in his genes, Jaren says for Jude, “One of the first things he ever saw was us and watching Neil play drums, you know And there’s obviously a drum set at my house, there’s a drum set at Mimi and Poppy’s, there’s a drum set at Mamaw and Papaw’s, so it’s like, it’s just all around him. And there’s music playing at our house all the time, and so he just kind of got injected with it man, so he loves it.”
Jaren is a very proud dad and has posted many videos on his social media of Jude playing drums and Neil Mason, the drummer for The Cadillac Three jokes, “Now he’s getting famous on Instagram he’s starting get a big head.”
Jaren agrees and jokes, “He’s getting all these weird text messages from hot baby girls.”
The Cadillac Three is currently working on their next album, which they anticipate releasing before the end of the year, featuring their latest single, “Crackin’ Cold Ones with the Boys.”
The Cadillac Three – Jude and the drums :44
Jaren Johnston – “If you look at it it’s really not fair for other kids because my dad is a drummer, Evan’s dad is a drummer, Evan was a drummer in high school marching band. I was a drummer until I started this thing. So he’s got it four ways shooting into him, like, you know, drugs, for lack of a better way of explaining it. And also one of the first things he ever saw was us and watching Neil play drums, you know And there’s obviously a drum set at my house, there’s a drum set at Mimi and Poppy’s, there’s a drum set at Mamaw and Papaw’s, so it’s like, it’s just all around him. And there’s music playing at our house all the time, and so he just kind of got injected with it man, so he loves it.
Neil Mason – “and now he’s getting famous on Instagram he’s starting get a big head and it’s just …”
Jaren – “He’s getting all these weird text messages from hot baby girls.”