Salt Lake City Weekly
March 8, 2001

Celebrating 10 years as one of SoCal's finest funk 'n'soul units

Celebrating 10 years as one of SoCal?s finest funk ?n? soul units, THE WISE MONKEY ORCHESTRA naturally felt a live album was in order: The smoke and sweat-filled They Live (Lauan Records) tops off the 20,000 copies sold of their previous four studio albums, highlighting a serious group of musicians and one powerhouse diva in bombshell singer Alley. The horns-and-bottom-end-driven WMO may be capable of some high-octane noodling, but don?t ever call ?em a ?jam? band. ?I?d gone to a lot of Dead shows and thought, ?You know, this is really good acid, but they still sound like shit,?? Alley laughs of the hippie-twirl set. ?C?mon folks, don?t you think it?s a little late? Now they?re trying to do it with Phish, following them around and doing ?I need a miracle.? I mean, come on people?get a job.? You go, girl. The Wise Monkey Orchestra @ The Dead Goat Saloon, 165 S. West Temple (328-GOAT), 9:30 p.m. Also appearing @ J.B. Mulligans, 804 Main, Park City (435-658-0717), Sunday March 11, 9 p.m.