Yesterday I mentioned that The Afghan Whigs are my favourite covers band. Their takes on other people's songs are almost always a delight, often matching or outdoing the originals for quality. The recorded versions are mostly Motown and soul but live Greg Dulli would launch into seemingly whatever crossed his mind at any given moment (a tradition he continues to this day). Some of my favourites:
A perfect version of "Band Of Gold":
An astoundingly lovely "True Love Travels On A Gravel Road":
Dulli often changes major key classics into more menacing minor key versions, as is the case with "Come See About Me":
These three above are all on the highly-recommended Uptown Avondale E.P.
I've been looking for them doing the Stones' "Beast Of Burden" for a while, knowing it'd be great, and here it is live in Montreal '98:
"Dear Prudence" was always a treat live. Evidence at the beginning of these two of what a great frontman Dulli is.
The Twilight Singers doing "Hey Ya":
A soul-aching "Dark End Of The Street":
And if you can find the Beautiful Girls soundtrack, the Whigs' cover of Frederick Knight's "Be For Real" is excellent (done here by Leonard Cohen).
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