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B.B. PLAYS MONTREAUX FOR THE LAST TIME: Blues legend and Lucille bid farewell to fans during final tour of Europe.
*It was an emotional farewell for B.B. King Monday at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, as the blues pioneer performed on the historic stage for the final time.
The 80-year-old, currently on his last tour of Europe, was joined on stage by a bevy of music greats for a grand musical sendoff. Singers Gladys Knight, Barbara Hendricks, Randy Crawford and Leela James, jazz guitarists John McLaughlin and Stanley Clarke, keyboard players Joe Sample and George Duke, and saxophonist David Sanborn paid tribute to the star.
"Maybe I should quit every night," quipped King, who wore a black and gold dinner jacket and strummed on his guitar Lucille while seated throughout the two-and-half hour concert. "I'm going to cry again. This is the icing on the cake -- I could never be sent off better."
King and his seven-man band performed his Grammy-winning hit "The Thrill is Gone" and "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" as part of the set, which stretched into the wee hours of Tuesday.
