Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons capped off a four-night end-of-year run with a New Year’s Eve party at The Showdown in Portland, Oregon on Sunday, December 31st. In addition to Jackmormons Steve Drizos (drums) and Stevie James Wright (bass), Jenny Conlee-Drizos sat in on keys for the entire show.
Late in the second set, Eric McFadden and Kate Vargas appeared in the audience, after their band Sgt. Splendor had opened for Samantha Fish, who was playing across the street at the Aladdin Theater. Joseph welcomed McFadden onstage and offered him his guitar for a solo during the set-closing “Hearts Gone Blind.” McFadden then played guitar, and Vargas added backing vocals for the “Loving Kindness” encore to close the show.
Read a review of night one in the NYE run.
