Americana, my eye! It's old-school Country Rawk...

Ypsilanti Courier Review, Aug. 8, 2002:

I love this band.

Corndaddy, the twang-ish, rock-ish, pop-ish, homegrown purveyors of Ypsilanti "y'all-ternative" music, have built upon their eponymous 2000 release with a new album, "Better Days." From tracks 1 to 10 (and the hidden track beyond), it's excellent, and it's available at record shops around the area, including Depot Town's Rubber Soul.

The band, fronted by songwriter/guitarists Jud Branam and Kevin Brown, who also split the vocal chores, has been perfecting its sound. "Better Days" further explores country, folk and rock. Always professional, Corndaddy's output on "Better Days" is even tighter than its predecessor, really showcasing the band's already considerable experience and growth.

Jerry Hancock's bass and Will Stewart's drums (and other instruments), and both performers' backup vocals, round out soulful, authentic songs with solid, at times clever arrangements. And they've also added Alan Pagliere, who brings a much-appreciated steel guitar to the mix.

It's choice.

Obviously, you'll have your own favorites, but stand-outs for me include the philosophical "Find My Way," the truckin' tribute "Big Wheels" (an easy road-trip anthem), introspective "Delaware" and "Sparkle's Real." Anyone that's ever thrilled as a child (or as an adult child) to getting out of school or work and heading up north will appreciate the sentiment in "Sparkle's Real."

And that's part of Corndaddy's strength as a band, the way they capture a peculiar, Midwestern flavor of genuine experience and folkways, with a tangible appreciation of rock history and their place in it.

Buy this album and let it be the soundtrack for the rest of your summer.

.— Charlie Kondek, Ypsilanti Courier

Yeah, yeah! This disc sounds as if The Long Ryders had made their 10-5-60 EP into a full-length album. Everything that was good about the paisley undergorund movement of the early 80s is in this CD.
The opening title cut is just plain rockin'. The guitars are overdriven without being obnoxiously distorted. Arrangements range from true roots-rock groovers like this one and "Rainbow on a Girl," to Byrds-like country stylings in "Delaware" and "Sparkle's Real." Great harmonizing on the honky-tonker "Kansas City, Mississippi." At times the vocals seem a little buried, but not enough to be hard to hear. The sound is there, gang. Real roots-rock.
I heard their debut CD a few years back, and this one blows it away. This is just plain great. Play this on your car stereo while cruising down a two-lane in some remote farming county, and be prepared to hit the gas pedal at times. -- Frank Holly, Great Lakes Twang

Read the reviews on our 2000 debut CD, "Corndaddy."