"The musical, powered by the guitars, fiddles and piano of the Red Clay Ramblers, an eclectic band that began in weekend jam sessions in a North Carolina cabin but has performed around the world and on Broadway, is also a love story about the South."
-Rick Bragg, The New York Times

"The show has a big old soft heart, too. But it's the eccentricity of the characters, the absurd plotting and the whimsies in the Red Clay Ramblers' music that make 'Kudzu' an improbably good stage doppelganger for Mr. Marlette's amusing strip."
"This musical would be unthinkable without the Red Clay Ramblers. The versatile band members, who occupy center stage under the neon sign above Dub's service station, wander in and out of the action as various characters."
"An abundantly silly, cheerfully odd musical."
-Nelson Pressley, The Washington Times

"Playing to enthusiastic audiences largely unfamiliar with Southern folkways. ..with a joyous musical score and delicious satire. .. the Red Clay Ramblers become the 'Bypass Boys' and occupy center-stage throughout the show, making music under the gas station's neon sign."
-Curtis Wilkie, The Boston Globe

"This holiday in Bypass, N.C., includes swashbuckling thrills, western adventure and a noir sequence funnier than anything to be found in the Raymond Chandler crime novels. ..'Kudzu' has everything from down-home clogging to tangos right out of the silent cinema, from gospel choirs to a capella quartets. ..deliriously funny ."
-Bill Morrison, News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)