greg dulli's bio opens with this line. and having met the afghan whigs former frontman and guitarist i'd have to say it may be true. especially after chatting with him about a night he met a friend of mine - a woman - and his recollection of it, and then me recounting hers...not to him, but to myself.
i loved the whigs. still do. their last album, though years old now - perhaps even a decade old - still makes me long for the whigs. sure, they were cocky and seasoned (?) and dulli made you feel like climbing up on stage and killing him because he had the moves and the voice and the guitar...i loved them. him. i never wanted to kill, but i knew a few who did. or at least wished he'd stop being so fucking cocksure.
but this isn't about the afghan whigs or dulli, not really. but it is connected. after the whigs broke-up some of the shrapnel became other bands. guitarist rick mccollum formed moon man, dulli now fronts the twilight singers (primarily) but also performs with mark lanagan in the gutter twins, rocks out with the uptown lights and spain's afterhours and bassist john curly plays with a band called the staggering statistics.
and this is where it gets us. here. the staggering statistics have an album on their web site that is a free download - and i'd say if you're a fan of slightly sloppy, stonesque/television, dirty rock...it may be for you. check it out..if you want.
and that's my report. free music for the masses. oh....and if you're interested in the whigs or any of their off-shoots check out summer's kiss. a great compendium of whigs related material.
g. xo
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