Monday, November 14, 2011

The Chokin' Kind: A Listening Project to Strangle the Senses

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.)

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