Stitched Up Days

(The) Afghan Whigs' new single and video, House Of I, is just what I needed after three consecutive days of headaches, both literally and metaphorically.

When I marked Greg Dulli's birthday in May 2023, I reflected that "I wasn't immediately struck by The Afghan Whigs - or Dulli's voice - when I first heard them, but it's fair to say that a combination of great tunes, incisive lyrics and sheer swagger won me over."

I'd go a step further in saying that as a songwriter and performer Greg seems to get better and better with the passage of time, and House Of I is as vital and thrilling as anything in the Whigs' back catalogue. 

Speaking of which, a good excuse to roll out some Dulli delectables from both The Afghan Whigs and his other excursions, which in itself offers me an opportunity to include a couple featuring the legendary Mark Lanegan.

 

 

 

 

I Wanna Feel Good

Happy birthday to Greg Dulli, born 11th May 1965.

 

I wasn't immediately struck by The Afghan Whigs - or Dulli's voice - when I first heard them, but it's fair to say that a combination of great tunes, incisive lyrics and sheer swagger won me over.

 

Here are a couple of personal favourites, Somethin' Hot from 1998 and Debonair from 1993, sandwiching two songs from Dulli's many diversions from the Whigs. 

The Gutter Twins was a sadly finite collaboration with Mark Lanegan that produced one (brilliant) album in 2008. 

The Twilight Singers roughly existed when The Afghan Whigs didn't, between 2000 and 2011. This performance, from the Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands circa 2006, is a rather fine cover of Too Tough To Die by Martina Topley-Bird.

 

 

 

Have a good one, Greg!

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