First things first, when listening to TC3.... DO IT RIGHT !!
So, that's cowboy boots on - check...whiskey on the rocks poured - check...new Legacy Tee adorned - check and my piccy with the guys lovingly pinned to my wall in front of me - check!
Now, that's how you get TC3 ready!
Time to get Cadillacin, which happens to be the first track on the album. Straight away I am grinning, the opening verse sums TC3 up perfectly - cool, long haired trucker cap guys with southern roots that we have all fallen in love with over the past few years.
Jaren, Kelby and Neil have turned some hard rocking hearts a little bit southern, mine included. Cadillacin, kicks off the album with a wham bam, edgy side to TC3 that instantly works its magic on my hips and reaffirms the guys still have a firm spot, right there in my whiskey sipping, southern heart.
Next up on the album is Tennessee, oh wow...I am wanting to put my black dress on and take me a trip to Tennessee. This is the epitome of an awesome southern rock track, great guitar riffs, with passionate lyrics that are not just sung by Jaren but felt too.
It's rocky but smoothly gentle also, instantly mesmerises me, this is a breath taking track. Can you fall hook, line and sinker in love with a song ?! I just have !! Heart officially stolen.
Hank and Jesus, blissfully follows like a heart warming tale, that has been cherishingly told throughout a family, with the promise it is to be lovingly passed on in the form of a beautiful song (it does just that). A stronger country vibe meanders through this song and showcases Jarens' pure southern vocals perfectly.
Staggering along, comes 'Dang if we didn't' (already beaming) - a song that has gained a fair amount of air play and why not?! It's fun, catchy, full of southern spirit - on all fronts !!
I can already hear me singing this song, many a time over the next few months!! It may have to gain that title - you know ' The official morning after song'!! I can see you all nodding from here... Yes, you over there too!
Swaying into 'Aint that Country', its time to grab your cowboy hat and fully dive into the love of country rock, with lyrics that depict everything that it is, to be a true southern spirited dweller. A song that again touches every fibre of my beating southern heart and guarantee will do the same to you too.
If you are looking for an anthem, American Slang is that track on Legacy. It's melodic yet equally a vibrant, energetic song. One minute you are swaying , next you are punching the air . Lyrics begging to be learnt, word for word, it is gonna be an absolute corker live - guess what I will be doing between now and November?!
Slowing the pace, 'Take Me To The Bottom', is like that drink you nurse at the end of the night. It's smooth, slips down gently and takes you to that chilled, care -free place. A mellow TC3 will get you hand clapping along to this one, whilst in a dreamy TC3 intoxication. Works for me !
You might not own vinyl but 'Long Hair Don't Care' will make you think you do! Recorded in a retro format , with crackles, woooooos and mmmmms , I am sold! Yep, you will feel like you hanging out with the guys, drowning your sorrows with a bourbon or two and who cares, as the track title indicates. If you want to know why so many people have fallen for the southern drawl, this is the track for you.
Now, if you are a southern rock band, a good number of your songs are going to have some reference to whiskey, Beer, Tequila ( just be grateful you are not picking up their bar tab!). 'Love me Like Liquor', devotes a whole song to it and how do you make a song like this stunning? You get The Cadillac Three to write and sing it - plain and simple ! An awesome, sweet sounding track that will leave you completely under the influence of TC3 (No breathalyzer required !!)
Ready to get foot tapping, you better be ...Demolition Man will insure you do! No stack of stones of regret needed with this track, an uplifting, captivating track with a chorus that will hook you right in and get you singing along at full pelt. ( Before you ask, of course I was dong my air mic bit!!)
Concluding with the title track of the album - Legacy, a passionate, stirring track that again strikes you firmly in the chest and confirms what is important to these guys. Yes, they may be a band taking leaps and bounds up that really difficult music ladder but their families, friendship and home is what completes them .
Ahhh what can I say .... Jaren, Kelby and Neil , you have wrapped your arms around what you know and love with this album. It's simply Perfect, it is YOU - heart and soul YOU!
If you could take the magic, that is The Cadillac Three and bottle it, you would just need to put this album in that bottle.
Thank you sincerely , this album will be your LEGACY .
Catch the guys in November when they hit the U.K - they are a MUST, once you have seen them live, guarantee you will be going back and back and back !!
Tour dates for y'all :
November 9th - Mandela Hall, Belfast
November 10th - Whelans, Dublin
November 12th - Y-Plas, Cardiff
November 13th - Rock City, Nottingham
November 14th -Forum, London
November 15th - UEA, Norwich
November 17th - O2 Academy, Birmingham
November 19th - O2 Academy, Newcastle
November 20th - ABC, Glasgow
Remember everyone, life is better with music in your heart and soul..
Xx G xX
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