went on indefinite hiatus

Despite some moderate critical praise including a glowing review from AllMusic , who called the album’s “impressively surprising” array of sounds “refreshing coming from a band who was assumed to be generic retro swing”, Soul Caddy failed to achieve the chart success or commercial attention of its predecessor. The Daddies’ accompanying national tour fared just as poorly, showing a marked decline in attendance while audiences reacted unfavorably towards the band’s decreased focus on playing swing music. Speaking retrospectively in a 2002 interview, Perry recalled “we went out on tour and most people saw us as a swing band because of the success of Zoot Suit Riot …we felt this tension to be something we weren’t”. Facing low ticket sales and their own dissatisfaction over the tour’s outcome, the Daddies brought their scheduled tour to an early close, reaching a mutual decision upon taking an indefinite hiatus in December 2000. “A lot of it was just fatigue”, Perry explained, “We’d be on the road for a long time and we had no life outside of Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. I think everybody was interested in doing other things”. The Daddies were released from Mojo shortly thereafter, though guitarist Jason Moss would later comment that the band were kicked “to the curb” after Soul Caddy ‘ s poor commercial performance.