The Cadillac Three – Photo: Luke Hutcherson (Courtesy of Big Machine Label Group)
The Cadillac Three has shared a music video for his or her 2023 monitor “This Town is a Ghost.” The monitor is devoted to Jaren Johnston’s late father.
Regarding the video, Johnston says, “As we pulled into probably the most eerie venue in America, I steadied my hand with a cup of coffee on the bus, knowing it would be a long day. The ‘This Town Is A Ghost’ video shoot was me in a haunted pool all day, surrounded by pictures of my father and my life as a kid, while singing the song over and over again. As hard as some of the day was, I found it almost therapeutic, in a way. I was able to get out emotions I hadn’t released yet. Luke Hutcherson did a great job capturing how I felt that day. We are really proud of how it came out.” Check out the video under.
Written in regards to the passing of Johnston’s father in 2022, the deeply private track particulars a life marred by the lack of a liked one. And whereas the monitor was written about Johnston’s personal struggles with loss, it’s simple to see how the track carries a common message about being without end modified by dropping particular individuals in life or in love.
Punctuated by the band’s signature guitar riffs and genre-defying sound, the poignant “This Town Is A Ghost” highlights a critical observe for the freewheeling trio with out scaling again on any of the professional musicianship that makes TC3 so beloved. Johnston’s father is the late Jerry Ray Johnston, drummer for the Grand Ole Opry and nation music band Bandana, for which TC3’s present tour is known as.
Leaving an enduring impression on followers throughout the globe with their distinct sonic tendencies, The Cadillac Three’s genre-fusion tracks are rooted in nation storytelling, rock grooves, and Music City homegrown psychedelic jams. You can at all times rely on frontman Jaren Johnston, drummer Neil Mason, and lap steel-ing bassist Kelby Ray to convey the social gathering.
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