The Cadillac Three pay homage to Taylor Hawkins with new single 'Double Wide Grave'

‘Double Wide Grave’ Is Out Now with Accompanying Music Video

Sixth Studio Album, THE YEARS GO FAST, Dropping on October 27th

The Cadillac Three have released their latest single and accompanying music video for ‘Double Wide Grave’. Out now on all platforms via Big Machine Records, the track is inspired, in part, by the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

With the Foos’ electrifying rock & roll as a key sonic influence on the track, TC3 nimbly shifts between melodic passages in the verses to meaty, lacerating choruses in which frontman Jaren Johnston wails like never before. An intense love song at heart, ‘Double Wide Grave’ is a promise to someone that you literally can’t live without.

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"It’s a heavy love song," Johnston explains. "'Double Wide Grave' is another song I wrote about me and my wife, but it happened to be written when we were also dealing with the loss of Taylor Hawkins from Foo Fighters. I made that track a day or two after he passed. At the time, I was producing the Foo Fighters’ guitarist Chris Shiflett’s album, so I got to witness the pain the band was going through. I did everything in the song like they would’ve done it, just with a southern TC3 spin added in, and it worked." 

Sometimes change is so gradual that it barely registers, and sometimes it’s like slamming into a brick wall. Just ask TC3: in 2020 the Nashville trio of Johnston, Neil Mason, and Kelby Ray released a pair of albums in Country Fuzz and Tabasco & Sweet Tea, then entered a season of dramatic upheaval that left them reeling.

“We put out 31 songs in one year. It was like, let’s give people a breather. Let’s give us a breather,” Johnston says. “We were coming off COVID and then my dad passed away. It’s a whole different life now. Talk about having some shit to write about.”

The ACM-nominated group’s sixth studio album, The Years Go Fast, is the product of coming through those trials and emerging on the other side — battle-scarred, a little older, a little wiser, and more willing to be vulnerable. It’s expansive in sound, reflective of the way The Cadillac Three continue to tinker with their swaggering brand of country-rock, but it still sounds like only the three of them can.

“This record does have a lot of growth, a lot of hurt and heartbreak,” says Mason, the group’s drummer. “We are a little more grown up now, but we’re still doing the same thing we were doing in the beginning.”

The Years Go Fast is a statement about big change, but it’s also about the ways friendship, love, and family are anchors when everything starts to fall apart.

While the changes that shaped The Years Go Fast were often sudden and shocking, the group’s sound has shifted in a slightly more subtle fashion. There are still thunderously heavy half-time breakdowns that nod to their roots, but each album offers a new glimpse into what sounds have captured the group’s attention, whether it’s the organic funk of Tabasco & Sweet Tea or the pronounced metal influences on The Years Go Fast. The fans tend to eat it up, but it’s never done in the name of fan service. 

Johnston and Mason frequently write songs for other artists, and Johnson has notched 10 country Number Ones outside the band. He notes that it never works for the band to think about what might work on radio. “Anytime we’ve tried to chase anything, we have ultimately failed,” he says. “It’s the times when we step out and put our hearts on the road so people can drive over them, that’s where we win.”

And that’s what The Years Go Fast ultimately does. Hearts are on the line, bleeding from loss and beating for connection. It’s a blood-and-guts study of love, friendship, and resilience, but one that didn’t come easy.

The Years Go Fast is available for pre-order, with tracks ‘Young & Hungry’ and ‘Double Wide Grave’ out now. Catch TC3 on the road this fall as the trio continues their The Years Go Fast US Tour. For tickets and more information, visit thecadillacthree.com. 

ABOUT THE CADILLAC THREE:
With more than a decade of making records and touring to their credit, The Cadillac Three continue to push boundaries with their self-branded 'Country Fuzz' sound, a singular mixture of country music storytelling and rock‘n’roll musicianship.

Composed of three Nashville natives who became friends in high school, the group features singer-guitarist Jaren Johnston, drummer Neil Mason, and steel player Kelby Ray, who does double duty on bass. Over the course of their six albums, they’ve dropped southern-fried party anthems that don’t skimp on guitar crunch, nostalgic ballads about growing up, and greasy funk jams that rival the best of them, garnering ACM and CMA International Achievement nominations.

Outside of the group, Johnston is an accomplished songwriter and producer, with numerous country radio hits on his résumé (including the Grammy-nominated Tim McGraw cut 'Meanwhile Back at Mama’s') and production work including Kip Moore, the Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett, and Steven Tyler.

On their new, forthcoming album, The Years Go Fast (October 27th), the trio explores love and loss in equal fashion, never letting off the gas pedal. Catch them live this fall, bringing their high-energy headlining shows stateside on their The Years Go Fast Tour. For dates and more information, visit thecadillacthree.com.
 

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