COVID-19 has pretty much decimated the live music scene in the UK and it is difficult to see a future where small live music venues will promote and host larger band line ups playing to a full house of ‘not’ socially distanced party people enjoying their live music to the full.

So musicians are learning to be adaptable, for the foreseeable future we expect live music to be more acoustically driven, Soloists, Duo’s and Trio’s are finding a market that still works in 2021 with stripped back formats and acoustically driven sets entertaining, where possible, in the pubs and clubs that understand the value and the unique dynamic that live music brings to their venue.

After 18 years playing with SNATCH and The Soul Dependents in a full 4, 5 or 6-piece format, the 3 Northern Monkeys is born for this new era. Wilko, Robbo and Capt’n Dave have combined to recreate the fun, madness and music of the last 18 years in a slightly more gentile format. One that venues can host with confidence of compliance with COVID regulations and one that audiences can still enjoy.

“….he knows that it’s me the’ve been coming to see to forget about life for a while.”

In the words of Billy Joel, as the piano man