Why Jaren Johnston Needed to Go Solo

Jaren Johnston, one of Nashville’s most successful songwriters and the leader of the Southern rock band the Cadillac Three, has been through the wringer. He became a father in 2017, lost his own dad in 2022, and went off the grid, putting the future of the Cadillac Three in doubt. Now Johnston resurfaces with the solo album The Guest Room. In a vulnerable interview with Nashville Now, the Nashville native, born and raised, talks about going solo and where things stand with the Cadillac Three. He also opens up about getting sober and predicts how that may or may not affect the songs he’s writing. It’s Jaren Johnston, with no façade, on Nashville Now. 

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