Whigs v. Whigs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Welch & Pyles Management, LLC. is proud to announce the formation of a bastardized version of the Afghan Whigs which will tour the U.S. throughout the spring and summer of 2009.

Bassist John Curley and drummer Paul Buchignani, the gentleman who replaced original drummer Steve Earle in 1995, have joined forces to form "John Curley's Afghan Whigs featuring Todd Dulli." Dulli, née Hauerchuk, a fork truck operator from Eau Claire, Wisconsin and ex-singer for unpopular Whigs tribute band, Fountain and Fairfax, is no relation to original Whigs singer Greg Dulli. The vocalist legally changed his name shortly after the release of Black Love, only to find, in the wake of 1998's poorly received 1965, that he could not change it back.

It is expected that around the same time Curley's tour kicks off, Rick McCollum and Greg Dulli himself will embark upon their own Whigs reunion tour, playing a series of dates backed by an African-American female drummer and, if at all possible, former members of The Posies. In August of 2009 both bands—Curley’s Whigs and (Greg) Dulli’s “The Original Afghan Whigs”—will appear on the same night at separate venues in Columbus, Ohio; the latter at a 500 seat theater, the former in the basement of a shitty club.

After their respective gigs, the two bands will run into each other at the same bar, words will be exchanged, and Dulli will strike Dulli/Hauerchuk with a napkin dispenser, resulting in a fine for Dulli and an insufferable party story for Dulli/Hauerchuk.