"The Chokin' Kind" is a country song first performed by Waylon Jennings in 1967, and has been recorded by various artists, oh idk, three hundred thousand times since then? because one of the earliest and most famous covers was Joe Simon's spin in '69, it enjoys the fruits of being not only a country staple, but an R&B classic too. while there's a place in my heart for the Jennings version -- so too Willie Nelson's, Tanya Tucker's, and songwriter Harlan Howard's -- it is the R&B versions of this song which, to me, truly move the spirit, and also the body. try kitchen-dancing to Willie Nelson sometime and you will find your hips suffering from lockjaw. i know, i know, that's not what he's for! anyway, a brief ranking of soul goodness:
