Afghan Whigs Hit Studio!

Following the current leg of The Twilight Singers 2006 world tour, the band will take a short break while Greg Dulli, John Curley, Rick McCollum and a to-be-named drummer convene to work on four Afghan Whigs tracks for the upcoming Rhino retrospective. An updated release date for that album has not been publicized.

These recordings will be the first new tracks from the band in 8 years, since The Afghan Whigs’ swan song, 1965.

Earlier this year, the band’s previously unreleased cover of Nightime appeared on the Big Star Tribute Album.

Note: The content of some of the comments is derived from a previous version of this entry that also discussed The Twilight Singers 2006 tour stop in Israel.

August 28, 2006 | Filed Under news 

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16 Responses to “Afghan Whigs Hit Studio!”

  1. blugel on August 28th, 2006 11:34 pm

    …i dont like the sound of ’select dates’, especially if it means both the US AND Europe in one month =(

  2. chalkoutline on August 29th, 2006 5:00 am

    I bet that mean no Cleveland.

  3. abechang on August 29th, 2006 8:59 am

    wait wait…the WHIGS are gettting back together to record 4 new tracks???

    Any chance of a reunion tour???

  4. Lee on August 29th, 2006 9:05 am

    Sorry, Abe. In a recent interview GD said not to expect any Whigs touring.

    And, ’select dates’ is merely my wording regarding the upcoming Twilight legs. Hopefully, it will be another good number of shows. By select, I mean “not where I live.” Your mileage may vary.

  5. PortlandAngel on August 29th, 2006 9:32 am

    The last I heard, the Rhino retrospective release date was moved to 2/13/07. But don’t quote me on that…yet.

  6. stjames on August 29th, 2006 11:51 am

    I can’t even face the thought of AW even recording again….wow!!

  7. scarredgod on August 29th, 2006 2:40 pm

    WOW, JUST WOW.

  8. todd on August 29th, 2006 7:33 pm

    Unless they had a falling out in Europe, I’m about 100% sure that Bobby will be the drummer here. I had a chance to talk with him on the tour and he mentioned a project with Greg and John in the fall. And really has Dulli ever played with a better drummer? I think not.

  9. gordon_getgo on August 30th, 2006 11:34 am

    this is good

  10. ron on August 30th, 2006 1:06 pm

    very good news !!!
    hope they’ll come in paris !!

  11. monochrome on August 31st, 2006 10:59 am

    Do you think they’ll record “Umbretta”?

    I can’t put into words how much that would mean to me…

  12. jeremyjarratt.com » la poésie est dans la rue. » » Good Times Bad Times on September 1st, 2006 1:41 am

    [...] But… at least the Afghan Whigs are showing signs of life! Nothing to start a new religion over just yet, but four new songs is something. tags:Cincinnati, i want to believe, internet, local, media, memories, musicshare and enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

  13. scarredgod on September 1st, 2006 6:34 pm

    i love Umbretta and would love to hear a proper version of it. and if the Whigs have fun together and decide to play a few shows, i will be at every one of them.

  14. captain’s dead » the afghan whigs live in milan on September 4th, 2006 2:24 pm

    [...] todays special is a live recording by the afghan whigs entitled black soul gentlemen recorded back in 94 in milan.   its a great recording, most likely from the soundboard.  in other afghan whigs news, dulli is taking a briek haitus from the singers to record four new songs with the original whigs lineup for an upcoming rhino records retrospective.   pretty fuckin cool. 1. if i were going [...]

  15. revolution34 » Blog Archive » You walked in, just like smoke, with a little come-on, come-on, come-on in your walk on September 6th, 2006 4:43 am

    [...] In googling (sorry, searching on Google) for a Whigs-related link to put in my Phonogram post i stumbled across Summer’s Kiss, and this news that Dulli, Curley and McCollum will be recording together again. That’s pretty much made my day. [...]

  16. Sullivan40 on September 8th, 2006 12:16 am

    Someone explain to me what is the “real story” of Steve Earle leaving the Whigs. It would make sense to use him since they don’t have a drummer.