2nd Place at Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition!
The Hollywood Digest:
“Daydream is more than a debut album—it’s a fully realized artistic statement. It honors the traditions of folk and Americana while pushing gently, thoughtfully, into new territory. With richly layered instrumentation, sharp songwriting, and a sense of deep camaraderie at its core, Big Love Car Wash has delivered a daydream you’ll want to return to again and again.”
Americana Highways:
“To be “different,” a band this tight & creative needs to mix the recipe beyond just bluegrass by doing exactly what they are doing.”
Heart-Forward Dreamgrass:
Like the music they play, Big Love Car Wash is full of dichotomies: whimsical yet serious, fanciful yet pragmatic, filled with lofty dreams yet grounded in reality.
Sol Chase, Everett Wren, David Rabinowicz and Taylor Turner discovered that magic the first time they shared a stage together, when Chase hired them all by chance for a bluegrass gig in Austin in 2022. From the first couple songs, they had what musicians sometimes call “stage telepathy.”
Embarking on their first national tour in the summer of 2025, the band rose to new heights, securing 2nd place in the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition, which has been a spring board for bands such as The Chicks, Greensky Bluegrass, and The Fretliners.
Leaning into their love of bluegrass, folk, jazz, Celtic and rock idioms, they peddle an Americana-oriented, bluegrass-steeped sound that’s built on rich traditions, yet boldly exploratory. That sound took flight on their self-produced debut album, Daydream, recorded at Austin’s fabled Arlyn Studios — where Willie Nelson’s influence fills every nook and cranny, inspiring four virtuosos to go where the music took them. The 16-track album released in June 2025.
The album reflects the band’s emphasis on connection: with one another, fans and their own thoughts and emotions. They’re empaths in tune with the world around them and each other's physical and mental health, and they refer to themselves as a “found family.”
Even the band’s name is a verbal reference to something like a group hug. The phrase came from the late Yonder Mountain String Band frontman and jamgrass luminary Jeff Austin. Austin once proclaimed that the vibe he received from a connected audience felt like moving through “a big love car wash.”
Chase, Rabinowicz, Wren and Turner intend to share the joy, energy and “bubbly camaraderie” of their live performances with as many listeners as they can. Yes, they really do want to wash the world with love. And that’s a dream worth pursuing.
