We are Proud Monkey, a tribute to Dave Matthews Band.
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 virtually identical to those used by the actual band throughout the last 25 years, which is integral to accurate replication. We provide a wide array of performance products, and can give your special event a once in a lifetime experience from beginning to end.
We are a collective of the most in-demand studio and live musicians based in the Greater Philadelphia area. Our members have performed thousands of shows in every scene: from listening rooms to metal festivals in Europe for 300,000 people, Proud Monkey's core is founded on elite musicianship and complete professionalism.
With a catalogue of roughly 75-111 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 his 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 up to 8 members, we can easily formulate a performance for your special event or venue that will accurately recreate any era of Dave Matthews Band. We can perform as a core 5 piece, or add keys, a second horn, and electric guitar depending on your budget. For our ticketed shows at large venues, we usually always operate as a 7 piece minimum.
Our violinists are 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? We 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.
A: Prelude, Cocktail Hour, MC/DJ, Full 7 piece Band, Solo $8000
This package consists of prelude/processional music, a cocktail hour of music of your choice, full MC/DJ services for dinner hour, wedding intro's, and a full Dave Matthews Band experience, followed by a complimentary solo campfire set (if desired).
B: Cocktail Hour, MC/DJ, Full 6 piece band $6000
This package consists of a cocktail hour lineup of your choice, MC/DJ Services for dinner hour, and a full 6 piece Dave Matthews Band experience.
C. Cocktail Hour, Full 5 Piece Band $4500
Cocktail hour lineup of your choice, with a full 5 piece Dave Matthews Band Experience
D. Full Band Pricing a la carte:
$7000/8 piece
$5500/6 piece
$4000/5 piece
Duo/Trio/Quattro available as well
All packages modifiable. Lowball offers not considered.
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