
The girls met at a grade school talent show in Burbank, CA. That summer, they started a band “Plain American Girls” so they could play songs by legendary singer and songwriter Barbara Keith and The Stone Coyotes.
Plain American Girls
are proud to be mentored by
Kristen Gleeson-Prata (drums)
and Jessica Gorman (vocals)
Autumn was born in Los Angeles, CA, she sings and plays Hammond organ.
She has been singing since she was able to talk and walk. After discovering her gift of voice, she wanted to share it with the world and entered her first talent show as early as kindergarten. In addition, she wanted to keep pushing herself and started learning piano when she was 7 years old.
Mari was born in Brooklyn, NY and plays drums, percussion and keyboards.
She began playing music at age 4, studying piano with Myla Kato-DuVally (video link) and drums with Marc Slutsky (Peter Murphy, Adam Ant). She also studies percussion/drums with Kristen Gleeson-Prata and classical music with Andrew Funcheon.
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