In their heyday I certainly had heard of the Afghan Whigs and must have heard some songs but it just wasn't something that clicked. Over the years it became apparent that this was an important band who I should delve into but it just never happened. Too many bands and not enough time. During the pandemic I had a strange encounter with a gentleman who had a CDR copy of my Paul Westerberg Ogden recording that I had posted about needing since my original WAV file was lost and my CDR copy was bad. He had gotten it from some Lion's Lair connection and after finding my blog contacted me. I met him at the big storage castle on Colfax and ended up buying a stack of 30+ CDs from the guy for $1 a piece. One of them was Afghan Whigs - Gentleman. Hearing it as an adult instead of a 20 year old it just hit different. It was about the only thing I listened to for weeks.
Needless to say I never saw them live in the 90s and once I became a fan they toured pretty sporadically and I missed a couple chances. Looked like I was going to miss this one too but an acquaintance was looking to get rid of his tickets for this show so I took the plunge. Glad I did because of course they were fantastic. If and when I get my time machine I'm going to go catch some 90s Afghan Whigs shows but until then this will have to suffice.
This was a co headlining tour with The Church. Ed Hardcourt opened the show and was slowly joined onstage by Afghan Whigs band members until Greg Dulli came out too and sang part of one of Ed's songs. Then it transitioned into the Afghan Whigs set. That is where this recording starts.
I think this turned out pretty nice and there was a sparse crowd so not very much chatter. Enjoy.
Afghan Whigs
Ogden Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
2024-07-02
Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-20 - SP-ATEN-6 - AI-Micro - S20
Transfer: S20 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Run time: (67:17.72)
01 Pantomima
02 What Jail Is Like
03 Catch a Colt
04 Light as a Feather
05 Algiers
06 66
07 Matamoros
08 Too Tough to Die
09 Oriole
10 Please, Baby, Please
11 Demon in Profile
12 A Line of Shots
13 Going to Town
14 Somethin' Hot
15 Summer's Kiss
16 Into the Floor
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