JULY 7 - Daytime
Throughout the Festival, hundreds of international media visit Montreux. Today, Meyer had the pleasure of having lunch with a few familiar faces from Testa Communications and our friends at Shure Brothers:

Maria Testa, Testa Communications, and Jack Kontney, Shure Brothers

Pete Weiss, editor of Sound & Communications, and Daniel Keller, Shure Brothers

JULY 7 - Night
Blues Sensations Jonny Lang and B.B. King Perform at Stravinski Auditorium

For the second night in a row, the Stravinski was a packed house. 18-year-old Blues singer-guitarist Jonny Lang opened up the evening with soul and talent beyond his years.

Next, B.B. King came on. His reputation as the "King of Blues" is no overstatement. This Mississippi-born artist started his career at age 13 when he bought his first guitar for eight dollars and has been captivating audiences ever since. A Festival regular since 1979, the personable B.B. King has amazing energy and talent that only seems to grow better. Our own Dave Dennison mixed FOH and quickly dialed in the concert, making the MSL-6's, MSL-4's, CQ's, and PSW-6's sing with B.B. and his trademarked "Lucille."

In the middle of the show in true Montreux style, B.B. surprised the audience by bringing out on stage a string of other artists for an impromptu Blues jam. To the thrill of the audience, B.B. ushered out guitarists Gary Moore and Jonny Lang, saxophonist Edgar Winter, pianist George Duke, harmonica player Kim Wilson, as well as Festival founder and producer, Claude Nobs to play harmonica.

The night was topped off by the Edgar Winter All Star Project. The Texan-born Winter rocked the audience with his keyboard and saxophone stylings.