I've had the PRIVILEGE & HONOR of playing/working with:
Kevin Washington, Brian Kendrick, Yohannes Tona, Jacob Hanson, Bill Mike, Blair Krivanek, Jon Herchert, Andres Prado, Paul Marino, Brandon Commodore, James Buckley, Chris Kalgren, Carey Ott, Chris Koza, Desdamona, Molly Dean, Greg Schutte, Peter Vircks, Barry Alexander, Brandon Donald, Darnell Davis, Michael Baker, Breanne Duren, Lucas Shogren, Matt Belz, Charles Gehr, Chris Ashwood, Michael Bland, Jeff Bailey, Tommy Barbarella, John Catchings, J.T Bates, Carnage, Aaron James, Cody McKinney, Doug Little, Kenny Horst, Billy Peterson, & Mike Elliott.
Alicia Wiley, short and simple, could blow a hurricane back out to sea. That’s the kind of chops she got. She played tasty keys and sang like an angel, seducing with her trademark sardonic melodies. It being the release gig for her new CD, Halfway Home, she anchored the set with material from that album. And killed. In cold blood. When she was recording the disc, Alicia advised me it would depart from her characteristic melancholy, getting off more on the sweetly sentimental tip. Well, don’t tell her I said so, but, sweet sentiment and the whole nine, Wiley’s stark sensibility remains evident on Halfway Home, angst heartrending enough to make Sylvia Plath seem optimistic.
This is good a time as any to throw in a conflict-of-interest disclaimer. I’ve been an Alicia Wiley fanatic since I first caught her, years ago, opening for Willie Walker & The Butanes at the Cabooze. And I rave about her every chance I get. When I heard her waxing sultry as summer heat on “Halfway Home” off Pachyderm’s So Large We Ran Out Room compilation, I had to ask (actually, I begged) whether she’d sing with me in the studio. I’m still pinching myself that she agreed. Further, for the Varsity gig, Alicia had Yohannes Tona on hand, killing bass so bad he need to be arrested for murder. As with Wiley, I begged and he too agreed to record with me. Let it not be said top-flight Twin Cities musicians have no charity in their hearts.
It was one hell of a night. Varsity Theater management should conduct a clinic in customer service and half the Twin Cities clubs should be made to attend on pain of losing their license to serve the public. I found out about the Zmo Trio and got to see Alicia Wiley. Like I said, too bad some experiences can’t be stowed away for a rainy day.
Dwight Hobbes (February 2009)
"There's a melancholy bliss to this world-weary angel..a waif whose voice resonates in those hidden places where love and pain share the same space. She is a conjurer who impishly reveals the secrets of the human heart."
--Robyne Robinson, Fox 9 news
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Alicia Wiley, Hope all is well with you and yours. Please feel free to stop by and say hello. I'm here quite a bit working. Please leave comments, and put yourself on my e-mail list if you want more updates. God bless you, and Live Victoriously!!
New breakbeat track up on my Myspace player, Flatline (Re-Edit). To be released through UFO Recordings 12-21-09 on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, etc. Pounding basslines and NASTY percussion! Check it out and leave a comment if you like.
Hey Alicia, just a heads up, we're playing Friday night at The Nomad Pub in Minneapolis with our friends Hunting Club & Color Radio (from Chicago). Hope to see you there!
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