Before its foundation, all three members were in the group
American Bang, which also featured Ben Brown as a fourth member; Mason and Brown had been in the band
Llama before that. Between 2011 and 2013, Johnston co-wrote "
You Gonna Fly" for
Keith Urban, "
Southern Girl" for
Tim McGraw, and "
Days of Gold" for
Jake Owen, the last of which was also co-written by Mason. The group released their debut self-titled album in 2012 (then titled
The Cadillac Black). In February 2013, the group signed to
Big Machine Records and reissued their album. The album includes their own rendition of "Days of Gold". In late 2013, the trio released its debut single, "The South." It features guest vocals from
Florida Georgia Line,
Dierks Bentley, and
Eli Young Band lead singer Mike Eli. Billy Dukes of
Taste of Country praised the song for its
Southern rock influences. The song debuted at number 58 on the
Country Airplay charts dated for the week ending December 21, 2013. On January 15, 2014, the group played their song on an episode of
Nashville. In 2015 the band played a show in America on Friday, flew from America to the UK to play Download Festival on Saturday and ended up hitting the stage using fellow American band Black Stone Cherry's equipment as TC3's had not made it to the UK with them. Within hours of their set at Download they were heading back to America for a different festival appearance the following day. On April 23, 2015, the band played on Mane Stage in Long Beach, California. The band's second album,
Bury Me in My Boots, was released on August 5, 2016. It debuted at No. 5 on the
Billboard Top Country Albums chart, selling 11,000 copies in the first week. The band went on their first headlining US tour with Monster Energy Outbreak Presents from January 19 to March 17. They released their third album,
Legacy, on August 25, 2017. They released their fourth album
Country Fuzz on February 7, 2020. On October 23, 2020, the band released their fifth album
Tabasco & Sweet Tea via Big Machine Records. On April 26, 2021, it was announced that the band would have their own radio show on
Planet Rock (radio station) on every Saturday night throughout May 2021 called Garage Radio, which is in celebration of their 10th Anniversary as a band. On October 27, 2023, they released their sixth album 'The Years Go Fast' on the 'Big Machine' record label. ==Discography==