For those who have ever felt those imposing, warm, powerful hands of love start to tighten around the throat. Take a few deep breaths and have a listen.
Joe Simon's definitive classic.
The most ubiquitous and most recent version by Joss Stone.
A little reggae vibe compliments of Ken Parker on the very coolly named Bamboo Records.
The little-known and long-forgotten Johnny Darrel does a solid country version with his thick, but smooth vocals.
A blues-y version by Roy Buchanan and Delbert McClinton. It must be noted that I am not a fan of that sort of rainy-night-sometime-in-the-80's blues sound. It grates at me in some unexplainable way. So enjoy.
A better blues version by Walter Wolfman Washington.
An instrumental jazz take by the Billy Mitchell Group.
A similar riff by Kiko and his Coconut Groove Orchestra with a soulful vocal by Jimmy Ingram.
Tanya Tucker's country stab.
Joe Harris & the Stone Foundation's funked-up version.
Mavis Staples does the song justice. I think my favorite version.
Waylon Jenning's venerable rendition. (And damn, that is one hell of a citron suit.)
