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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."

Susan Wilson / The Boston Globe

"Enticing too, was the effervescent old-time string band The Chicken Chokers and their non-sense novelty tune 'Shoot Your Radio'."

Here is a nice article by Luke Z. Fenchel about the history of old time music around Ithaca, NY. He covers the Highwoods, CorrectTones, Horseflies, Chicken Chokers, and many more local bands.

The [Chokers & Flies] album introduced new and vital styles of old time music to new audiences and the following years marked a great revival for old time music, centered largely in the Finger Lakes region and experienced at festivals throughout the country.

Christopher Wofford wrote a nice review of Chicken Chokers: 07 in The Ithaca Journal 7/13/07. Thank you Chris!

...The Chokers play their brand of old-time music with a rare energy and presence, often re-tooling old lyrics or casting them aside nearly completely. It's perhaps this counter-instinct to treat the material with stuffy reverence that makes the band so unique and immediate-sounding.