After five years of hustle, the members of Better Than Ezra drive a fancy new van, live in a great house, and are trying to decide which major label will get to re-release their fine independent debut, Deluxe. For Cary Bonnecaze, Tom Drummond and Kevin Griffin, life is… Better Than Ever

It sits alone and quiet, an unsightly hulk on a manicured Garden District street.

Over five years and 218,000 miles, the battered Dodge Ram van was Better Tha...