re: The Afghan Whigs Announce New Tour With The Church

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most memorable being Thanksgiving night 1997 at the old Howlin Wolf... Kermit Ruffins opened the show and I think they played until 4am...

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I’ve seen the Whigs a handful of times and that was by far the most memorable. They inexplicably took hours to come on stage and Dulli completely left the stage for a long spell (“to take a phone call”), leaving the band hanging to perform an impromptu improvisation. But when Dulli returned, he and the band worked that angry audience energy into madness, so by the time they launched into “Bulletproof,” the crowd was like a singular manic organism feeling and moving together. Was incredible to experience in person. I think there’s a bootleg of the show floating around.