| Greetings, Close Personal Friends, and a most happy new new to all! | For a change, the hubby and decided to get out of the house on New Year's Eve and drove off to my favorite local venue, Jammin Java, for a "Big Ol' Super Classy Throwdown" celebration with Native Run (formerly known as Big River) and other local musicians who've helped make the club a hub of great area talent. It was an all around wonderful night, with dancing, laughter, kisses and a champagne toast for all at midnight. A nattily-dressed Nate Ihara opened the show. |  | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native Run's Bryan Dawley joined Nate for a few songs, adding beautiful mandolin accents to "3000 Miles." |
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| Among the added guests, the Miller sisters, Justina and Marie, whose harmonies worked very well on two covers, "Moon River" and "Kiss Me" (the Sixpence None the Richer track) |
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| Luke Brindley's solo set showed off what a fine songwriter he is, with "You Are Not Alone" and "We Go Together" as standouts, again with support from Bryan. |
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| Brindley Brother Daniel came onstage to add his musical support... |
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| ...alas, I didn't get a good shot of Daniel playing what appeared to be tabla drum as he accompanied Luke on the always show-stopping instrumental, "Dervish." |
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| I grabbed a shot of Nate, his lovely girlfriend Aleksandra and producer/musician Mark Williams as they posed for someone else. |
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| This was actually the first time that The Band Formerly Known as Big River performed as Native Run. |
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| A peek inside, from outside. |
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| You lookin' at me? |
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| Native Run has energy to spare, always an invigorating show, and a great way to welcome in 2012. |
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