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.

This entry was written by Lee, posted on August 28, 2006 at 8:35 pm, filed under News. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Comments are closed, but you can leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

13 Comments

  1. blugel
    Posted August 28, 2006 at 11:34 pm | Permalink

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

  2. chalkoutline
    Posted August 29, 2006 at 5:00 am | Permalink

    I bet that mean no Cleveland.

  3. abechang
    Posted August 29, 2006 at 8:59 am | Permalink

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

    Any chance of a reunion tour???

  4. Lee
    Posted August 29, 2006 at 9:05 am | Permalink

    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
    Posted August 29, 2006 at 9:32 am | Permalink

    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
    Posted August 29, 2006 at 11:51 am | Permalink

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

  7. scarredgod
    Posted August 29, 2006 at 2:40 pm | Permalink

    WOW, JUST WOW.

  8. todd
    Posted August 29, 2006 at 7:33 pm | Permalink

    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
    Posted August 30, 2006 at 11:34 am | Permalink

    this is good

  10. ron
    Posted August 30, 2006 at 1:06 pm | Permalink

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

  11. monochrome
    Posted August 31, 2006 at 10:59 am | Permalink

    Do you think they’ll record “Umbretta”?

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

  12. scarredgod
    Posted September 1, 2006 at 6:34 pm | Permalink

    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.

  13. Sullivan40
    Posted September 8, 2006 at 12:16 am | Permalink

    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.

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  2. By captain’s dead » the afghan whigs live in milan on September 4, 2006 at 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 [...]

  3. By revolution34 » Blog Archive » You walked in, just like smoke, with a little come-on, come-on, come-on in your walk on September 6, 2006 at 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. [...]