Simple Minded Predators at Bowery Electric

Three musicians from the south met in Brooklyn and clicked personally and musically. Singer/songwriters Miles Pittman and Bo DePena jammed together, and soon added Rebekah Durham, a classically-trained violinist who also played really good fiddle. They began playing the New York club circuit last summer as the Simple Minded Predators. Performing tonight at the Bowery Electric’s hootenanny, (left to right) Durham (fiddle, vocals), Pittman (banjo, vocals) and DePena (guitar, vocals) performed a few covers and a few fine original songs inspired by traditional American folk and bluegrass. They also ripped into a jig or two. Yes, it is possible to create a backwoods feel in the Manhattan.