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“I love Chris Berardo; there’s no denying, he and his band are true Rock and Rollers from the git-go. Chris is a special musical talent and “Wilder All The Time” shows off the gift he’s been blessed with. You can hear it in each song, songs that are more than just another musical project – they are his heart poured out to you and, a passion to share it that can't be denied. Thanks for sharing your gift, Chris. " - Richie Furay (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Member/ Buffalo Springfield/ Poco)
“Great to hear new stuff from my ol’ friend and Rock n Roll veteran Chris Berardo, One thing I love about him....he always sounds like himself ...a good example of livin’ (and playi’) in the moment.” - Chris Hicks (The Marshall Tucker Band)
“Chris Berardo is a consummate showman, singer & force of nature.” - Walt Wilkins
"Country Rockers on the rise!" – Urge.com / MTV
"Ignoring All The Warning Signs is as good a country-rock record as you will hear this year. Berardo and his buddies stir it up plenty on this slab of hillbilly propulsion, punctuated with wailing harmonica and churning electric guitar, not to mention the leader's impassioned vocal. A shouted "Woo-hoo!" from this corner." - Robert K. Oermann, Music Row Magazine
"CT - based Chris Berardo & The DesBerardos are on an upward trajectory. One listen to "Ignoring All The Warning Signs" and you'll understand what the fuss is all about. ? Berardo craftes catchy, roots-rock tunes about small towns, barstools and hope. Blues- flavored guitar leads are prevalent, as are hooky mandolin lines and stomping drum beats. And if the music doesn't catch your attention, Berardo's lyrics surely will. "I guess if you're counting, I have lost more than I've found / But I still hold my head up in this town," he sings in the poignant "Forty Years." Berardo & The DesBerardos follow all the right signs with an album that you can't ignore." - Performing Songwriter Magazine
"One of the best roots rock bands in America today!" - Western Beat
"On Ignoring All The Warning Signs, Berardo establishes his place in the lexicon of roots rock. With only one non-original tune (Jeff Tweedy’s "Passenger Side") Berardo’s songwriting talents vie with his smoky voice as the star of the CD. Anyone who favors roots rock will immediately resonate with Ignoring All The Warning Signs. Berardo delivers all the goods." – Vintage Guitar Magazine
"Riding straight out of a tequila sunrise and into the arms of an adoring crowd of barroom regulars, this band hits all the right notes to appeal to Jackson Browne and Eagles fans everywhere ... There is a pervasive feel of West Coast rock heaven here, kicked up a notch or two with sizzling guitars and Berardo's winning voice." – Studio City (CA) Sun
"Chris Berardo embodies everything I love about popular music – a pleasing voice, beautiful melodies and hooks, well-crafted lyrics. Shades of The Eagles and Poco combine with a Southern Rock sensibility, creating a fresh sound unlike the usual cookie cutter country-rock of today… Berardo and his band have crafted a fine album that should garner lots of attention. We can only hope. It’s better than 90 percent of the music on today’s country radio." – Gritz Magazine
"Berardo can get by on the strength of his gritty voice alone, as he proves at the start of "Barstool" ... (he) performs Jeff Tweedy's "Passenger Side" with scruffy soulfulness, delivering the song like the fellow roots- rock traveler he is ... "Everybody Swings Around Here" is a boisterous portrait of 'wild-eyed schemers and bar room dreamers', while "Forty Years" and "One Silver Rider", both laced with resonating pedal steel guitar tones, colorfully conjure the birth of country-rock. "September Prayer", Berardo's ambitious ballad, is also a keeper, and may outlast most musings inspired by 9/11." - Washington Times
"I loaned out my copy and never got it back, which furthers my resolve to never lend out my favorite CDs. Ever again. This is the kind of record with what I call "reference" songs - songs that you want to hear over and over again. Should have never taken it out of my CD player. Someday I'll learn. Berardo's voice and songwriting is right out of the country rock scene that evolved at LA's Troubador during the '70's, an era that spawned Jackson Brown, the Eagles, Gram Parsons, and more. Berardo has taken that collective era, and done them all one better on this album of singer/songwriter crafted gems." 4 ½ out of 5 stars - Michael Tiernan NBC SanDiego.com
"Connecticut is not the first place you’d associate with classic American music, but it’s where you’d find Chris Berardo and his rather fine band playing exactly that. This, their third album, takes bits of folk, bits of country, bits of bluegrass, bits of country and bits of rock puts them into a blender and what comes out is pureed essence of all of that, but with enough gritty bits to keep it interesting. Berardo, who writes most of the songs, is a romantic of the road, where beer, cars and girls are the staging posts of life’s journey… He also writes a beautiful melody and chorus line ("Forty Years" is sublime", "So Good, So Far" almost as good), and the entire album oozes hooks and sing-alongs." Overall then, Ignoring All The Warning signs is Americana in its truest sense. It embodies the heart and soul of the country, and does as good a job as anyone of both keeping the flame alive and moving it forward." – AmericanaUK.com
"A local institution!" – The Advocate/Greenwich Times (CT)
"It wasn't that long ago that you didn't have to go out of your way to find hard working, roots rocking crews like this that knew how to turn it up loud and proud and let the good times roll… Berardo and his gang know how to lead the charge for helping you let off steam. With some real talent going for them at all levels of the game, this bunch is a real party on a platter. They know how to work an audience and they know how to get you worked up. This is how it was before everyone was an arena rocker, whether they were or not." – Midwest Record Recap
"For No Depression fans sick and tired of being depressed by scruffy, college educated singers, Chris Berardo & The DesBerardos will be welcome therapy." - Ronnie D. Lankford, All Music Guide
"Blend Firefall's organic melodies and harmonies with The Marshall Tucker Band's brand of Southern rock and throw in a bit of bluesy, soulful flair and you come up with Connecticut's Chris Berardo & The DesBerardos.The band fronted by Mr. Berardo boasts two CDs and a road ethic that's put it in venues playing with MTB, Little Feat, Reckless Kelly and others. These guys make clean, real music that harks back to the 1970's golden era when The Eagles and Jackson Brown attracted fans of pop, rock and country. Ah, the good old days." - Mario Tarradell The Dallas (TX) Observer
"For those who loved the early days of country rock, allow me to introduce Chris Berardo & The DesBerardos. This album takes me back to those days … when back to the country meant something. It is rejuvenation on a huge scale for me. HUGE. Just call me a Desberardo waiting for a train." - Frank Gutch, Jr, FAME
"One of the finest Americana bands out there … you will not be disappointed!" - TMT Radio / Americana Music Times
“Great to hear new stuff from my ol’ friend and Rock n Roll veteran Chris Berardo, One thing I love about him....he always sounds like himself ...a good example of livin’ (and playi’) in the moment.” - Chris Hicks (The Marshall Tucker Band)
“Chris Berardo is a consummate showman, singer & force of nature.” - Walt Wilkins
"Country Rockers on the rise!" – Urge.com / MTV
"Ignoring All The Warning Signs is as good a country-rock record as you will hear this year. Berardo and his buddies stir it up plenty on this slab of hillbilly propulsion, punctuated with wailing harmonica and churning electric guitar, not to mention the leader's impassioned vocal. A shouted "Woo-hoo!" from this corner." - Robert K. Oermann, Music Row Magazine
"CT - based Chris Berardo & The DesBerardos are on an upward trajectory. One listen to "Ignoring All The Warning Signs" and you'll understand what the fuss is all about. ? Berardo craftes catchy, roots-rock tunes about small towns, barstools and hope. Blues- flavored guitar leads are prevalent, as are hooky mandolin lines and stomping drum beats. And if the music doesn't catch your attention, Berardo's lyrics surely will. "I guess if you're counting, I have lost more than I've found / But I still hold my head up in this town," he sings in the poignant "Forty Years." Berardo & The DesBerardos follow all the right signs with an album that you can't ignore." - Performing Songwriter Magazine
"One of the best roots rock bands in America today!" - Western Beat
"On Ignoring All The Warning Signs, Berardo establishes his place in the lexicon of roots rock. With only one non-original tune (Jeff Tweedy’s "Passenger Side") Berardo’s songwriting talents vie with his smoky voice as the star of the CD. Anyone who favors roots rock will immediately resonate with Ignoring All The Warning Signs. Berardo delivers all the goods." – Vintage Guitar Magazine
"Riding straight out of a tequila sunrise and into the arms of an adoring crowd of barroom regulars, this band hits all the right notes to appeal to Jackson Browne and Eagles fans everywhere ... There is a pervasive feel of West Coast rock heaven here, kicked up a notch or two with sizzling guitars and Berardo's winning voice." – Studio City (CA) Sun
"Chris Berardo embodies everything I love about popular music – a pleasing voice, beautiful melodies and hooks, well-crafted lyrics. Shades of The Eagles and Poco combine with a Southern Rock sensibility, creating a fresh sound unlike the usual cookie cutter country-rock of today… Berardo and his band have crafted a fine album that should garner lots of attention. We can only hope. It’s better than 90 percent of the music on today’s country radio." – Gritz Magazine
"Berardo can get by on the strength of his gritty voice alone, as he proves at the start of "Barstool" ... (he) performs Jeff Tweedy's "Passenger Side" with scruffy soulfulness, delivering the song like the fellow roots- rock traveler he is ... "Everybody Swings Around Here" is a boisterous portrait of 'wild-eyed schemers and bar room dreamers', while "Forty Years" and "One Silver Rider", both laced with resonating pedal steel guitar tones, colorfully conjure the birth of country-rock. "September Prayer", Berardo's ambitious ballad, is also a keeper, and may outlast most musings inspired by 9/11." - Washington Times
"I loaned out my copy and never got it back, which furthers my resolve to never lend out my favorite CDs. Ever again. This is the kind of record with what I call "reference" songs - songs that you want to hear over and over again. Should have never taken it out of my CD player. Someday I'll learn. Berardo's voice and songwriting is right out of the country rock scene that evolved at LA's Troubador during the '70's, an era that spawned Jackson Brown, the Eagles, Gram Parsons, and more. Berardo has taken that collective era, and done them all one better on this album of singer/songwriter crafted gems." 4 ½ out of 5 stars - Michael Tiernan NBC SanDiego.com
"Connecticut is not the first place you’d associate with classic American music, but it’s where you’d find Chris Berardo and his rather fine band playing exactly that. This, their third album, takes bits of folk, bits of country, bits of bluegrass, bits of country and bits of rock puts them into a blender and what comes out is pureed essence of all of that, but with enough gritty bits to keep it interesting. Berardo, who writes most of the songs, is a romantic of the road, where beer, cars and girls are the staging posts of life’s journey… He also writes a beautiful melody and chorus line ("Forty Years" is sublime", "So Good, So Far" almost as good), and the entire album oozes hooks and sing-alongs." Overall then, Ignoring All The Warning signs is Americana in its truest sense. It embodies the heart and soul of the country, and does as good a job as anyone of both keeping the flame alive and moving it forward." – AmericanaUK.com
"A local institution!" – The Advocate/Greenwich Times (CT)
"It wasn't that long ago that you didn't have to go out of your way to find hard working, roots rocking crews like this that knew how to turn it up loud and proud and let the good times roll… Berardo and his gang know how to lead the charge for helping you let off steam. With some real talent going for them at all levels of the game, this bunch is a real party on a platter. They know how to work an audience and they know how to get you worked up. This is how it was before everyone was an arena rocker, whether they were or not." – Midwest Record Recap
"For No Depression fans sick and tired of being depressed by scruffy, college educated singers, Chris Berardo & The DesBerardos will be welcome therapy." - Ronnie D. Lankford, All Music Guide
"Blend Firefall's organic melodies and harmonies with The Marshall Tucker Band's brand of Southern rock and throw in a bit of bluesy, soulful flair and you come up with Connecticut's Chris Berardo & The DesBerardos.The band fronted by Mr. Berardo boasts two CDs and a road ethic that's put it in venues playing with MTB, Little Feat, Reckless Kelly and others. These guys make clean, real music that harks back to the 1970's golden era when The Eagles and Jackson Brown attracted fans of pop, rock and country. Ah, the good old days." - Mario Tarradell The Dallas (TX) Observer
"For those who loved the early days of country rock, allow me to introduce Chris Berardo & The DesBerardos. This album takes me back to those days … when back to the country meant something. It is rejuvenation on a huge scale for me. HUGE. Just call me a Desberardo waiting for a train." - Frank Gutch, Jr, FAME
"One of the finest Americana bands out there … you will not be disappointed!" - TMT Radio / Americana Music Times