The Afghan Whigs

My World Is
Empty Without You

Cincinnati’s Afghan Whigs were a Sub Pop guitar band with a soul record collection, and Greg Dulli sang like it. Their studio cover of the Supremes’ 1966 hit came out on a Sub Pop 7-inch in the run-up to Congregation and later backed “Conjure Me”; on stage they ran it straight into another Holland–Dozier–Holland song for the Supremes, “I Hear a Symphony”, as on the live B-side of “What Jail Is Like” (1994).

The Afghan Whigs: Greg Dulli (vocals, guitar), Rick McCollum (guitar), John Curley (bass), Steve Earle (drums). Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland. Sub Pop 7-inch; also the B-side of “Conjure Me” (Sub Pop SP142, 1992). Sources: pettediscographies.com, Afghan Whigs singles, Wikipedia, Congregation. Photograph: the Roebling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River between Covington and Cincinnati, at night, April 5, 2005, by Derek Jensen (public domain). Wikimedia Commons.