The most passionate tribute to the music of the Dave Matthews Band that we think you can find on Earth.
Hey everyone! If you’re reading this, congratulations. You found A Proud Monkey. We strive for the most accurate sonic representations of the music and feel of a Dave Matthews Band show. Many of our stage instruments are visually identical to those used by the actual band throughout the last 25 years and when combined with a dedicated passion for the band’s music as we perform it provides an aesthetic that can only be replicated by the real thing.
Simply put, Proud Monkey is a collective of 8 musicians who are among the most accomplished on the East Coast. We put passion into the visual and technical performance of Dave Matthews Band. Each show is completely unique, and the band explores the music of DMB like no other tribute.
With a catalogue of roughly 75 Dave Matthews Band songs, there is no song off limits with a Dustin solo performance. From deepest cuts to the biggest hits, you can assemble your own virtual setlist and with a week's notice, he'll do it for you!
The world’s most accurate Dave and Tim experience. Having opened for Tim in the past, (and holding half a tent down in the pouring rain on april 15 2000 at a Villanova solo Tim show), we have firsthand visuals as to how to properly recreate the Dave and Tim experience.
Our full band can accomodate any budget. With 8 members, we can easily formulate a performance for your event or venue that will accurately recreate any era of Dave Matthews Band. Our 5 piece core band can recreate the 93-97 era, then we can add keyboard and lead guitar to emulate Butch and Tim as a 7 piece, or add our second hornsman and completely fulfill the current, 8 member unit. Acoustic trio, four piece always available.
Our violinist, Mark Woodyatt, is constantly in high demand for weddings throughout the tri-state area. Maybe you’d like a violinist to play a beautifully arranged rendition of “#41” as you walk down the aisle? Mark can do that for you.
Our lead guitarist, Neil Nicastro, is also a very busy full-service wedding musician. He can play any instrumental pieces (along with mark) during a wedding processional, cocktail hour, ceremony, anything you want.
If you’d like some more smoothed out, jazz style renditions of DMB music, perhaps for cocktail hour, our members are all seasoned jazz musicians who can easily handle any of your special requests. Instrumental Dreaming Tree, to Space Between, nothing is out of reach.
As above, our guitarist Neil Nicastro also can operate as an MC for the evening as well as providing DJ Services. You can not only hire a full spectrum Dave Matthews Band experience, you can bundle all your traditional wedding services and we can completely cover your entertainment. See Packages tab for base pricing.
Apollo package - our top tier package. This package includes: Acoustic/Violin ceremonial music, acoustic Duo/jazz duo happy hour, jazz trio during dinner hour, MC/DJ services, and full 8 piece band entertainment, followed by campfire solo acoustic. This package is our most popular. $8200
Athena Package - this package includes: Acoustic Duo for cocktail hour, MC Services, and Full 7 piece band full evening entertainment. $5000
Ares Package - this package includes Acoustic duo happy hour, full 6 piece band and basic MC/Intro services. $3500
Hermes Package - Acoustic Duo cocktail hour, 5 piece full band. $3000
All of these package can be upgraded with any of the services we offer. We will find a fit for you. With over 100,000 weddings and gigs under our collective belts, we will give you the experience of a lifetime.
Master list
Spotlight
Seek up
Minarets
Song that Jane likes
Christmas song
I’ll back you up
Blue water
Help myself
Best of what’s around
What would you say
Satellite
Rhyme and reason
Typical situation
Dancing Nancies
Ants marching
Lover lay down
Jimi thing
Warehouse
Pay for what you get
34
So much to say
Two step
Crash
Too much
41
Say goodbye
Drive in drive out
Let you down
Lie in our graves
Cry freedom
Tripping billies
Proudest monkey
Rapunzel
Last stop
Don’t drink the water
Stay
Halloween
The stone
Crush
Dreaming tree
Pig
Spoon
Monkey man
Sweet up and down
I did it
When the world ends
Space between
Dreams of our fathers
So right
What you are
Fool to think
Everyday
Grey street
You never know
Captain
Raven
Grace is gone
Kit Kat jam
Big eyed fish
Bartender
Stay or leave
Dodo
Trouble
Gravedigger
Grey blue eyes
Some devil
Oh
Too high
Dreamgirl
Old dirt hill
Smooth rider
Stand up
American baby intro
American baby
Out of my hands
Everybody wake up
Louisiana bayou
Hunger for the great light
Shake me like a monkey
Lying in the hands of god
Why i am
Seven
Squirm
Spaceman
Time bomb
Beach ball
Belly belly nice
Gaucho
If only
The riff
Snow outside
Break for it
Idea of you
Shotgun
Break free
Red glare
Samurai cop
She
Virginia in the rain
Here on out
Can’t stop
Come on come on
Come tomorrow
Do you remember
The maker
Beauty of wynona
Eyes of the world
Me and Julio
Cortez the killer
Watchtower
Saw her standing there
Runnin down a dream
Solsbury Hill
Sledgehammer