Reviews
County Sales Review
"This reunion disc is a good record with a lot to offer once you get past the first two tracks, which suffer from some grotesque singing."
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Review of 07 in the Old Time Herald
Toni Williams wrote a nice review of The Chicken Chokers 07 in the April-May 2008 issue of "The Old Time Herald".
"Few bands can boast a signature sound. The Chicken Chokers do with a walloping rhythm section, machine gun banjo ukulele and rousing wall-of-sound singing."
"This is old time music at it's best. Not overly studied or rehearsed, but seasoned, driving and fun."
Thank you Toni!
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Chokers & Flies Review - Troubled Times
Troubled Times, Spring- Summer 1986, B. Idaho
Review of Chokers & Flies Old Time Music
On side one, the Chokers play up a storm and make me happy and sad in the space of twenty minutes. ... They represent what's good about old-time music; not sounding like bluegrass, but not sounding like "biblethumpers" either. ... I'd like to get my hands (and ears and feet) on a full-length record from this group.
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Dirty Linen: 'Old Time with a Twist'
Dirty Linen #133, Dec '07 / Jan '08 - article by Bill Chaissson
It is this exuberance and absolute absence of ironic distance from this music that makes listening to the Chokers such an uplifting experience.
The cover art by Q. Cassetti continues the tradition of putting arresting modern design out front instead of a picture of guys in hats stooped over banjos.
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Chokers & Flies Review - Houston Chronicle
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Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Mass.: Oct 22, 1996
Kudos: Chokers and Flies / Rounder Records 0213
Dick Kimmel / Bluegrass Unlimited
"Two old-time bands sharing a recording of some of the best old-time music to be released in many years. Both these groups play with that unique drive and feeling made popular in many circles by Tommy Jarrell, Kyle Creed and other older musicians from the Galax, Va. / Mt. Airy, NC. area. If bands like The Chokers and The Flies continue to record and tour, this fine breed of old-time music will never be something of the past. It will always be exciting and fresh."
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Kudos: Cajun and Bluegrass Festival - Escoheag RI
Jeff McLaughlin / The Boston Globe
"Members of the Boston-based old-timey band, The Chicken Chokers, who turned in a scorching set to close the Friday night concert, were the most indefatigable jammers, with at least one Choker wailing away until dawn yesterday morning."
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