{"id":447781,"date":"2023-12-08T13:09:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/?p=447781"},"modified":"2023-12-08T13:09:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:09:11","slug":"the-cadillac-three-embark-on-soulful-reflections-in-country-fuzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/music\/the-cadillac-three-embark-on-soulful-reflections-in-country-fuzz\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cadillac Three embark on soulful reflections in ‘Country Fuzz…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nashville trio The Cadillac Three are one such band. They\u2019re country with a hard, Southern rock edge.<\/p>\n

This is their sixth album \u2013 two made the UK Top 30 \u2013 and their sound, which they call \u201ccountry fuzz\u201d, is maturing like a fine bourbon.<\/p>\n

Biographical opener Young & Hungry is instantly addictive. \u201cShe was pretty, so pretty, and I was in a band,\u201d rasps singer and guitarist Jaren Johnston.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe stole my heart, I stole a pawn shop ring, put it right on her hand.\u201d It\u2019s the catchiest they have ever sounded, and the most soulful. As the album title suggests, the trio are getting introspective and reflective with age \u2013 more musically expansive too.<\/p>\n

Sure, songs like Double Wide Grave, mid-paced and powered by a tough rock riff, are as gritty as you\u2019d expect.<\/p>\n

But Comin\u2019 Down From You is fast and loose, surging along with an insistence that defies feet not to tap. Jaren has come down from booze and pot but admits, \u201cThere\u2019s no comin\u2019 down from you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prowling rocker The Worst has synthesised drumming and an element of self-doubt. \u201cI see the devil in your eyes,\u201d he sings. \u201cOr is it my reflection?<\/p>\n

Beautiful ballad Love Like War reminds you that Johnston has co-written 10 US country No 1s.<\/p>\n

Dressed Up To Die is powered by bravado. The protagonist is \u201crolling, driving life like it\u2019s stolen\u201d and ready for death: \u201cIf it goes down tonight, I\u2019m prepared to see the good Lord smile\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The tourniquet-tight band have clearly lived the hillbilly life they sing about, pills and corn mash whiskey included.<\/p>\n

Mercifully, rock glory is more likely to await them than a shallow Tennessee grave.<\/p>\n