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More Montreux - September 2013 - Page 2

The Montreux Jazz Festival attracts over 200,000 people yearly!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreux_Jazz_Festival

I love this story about the Claude Nobs (the founder of the event)

In 1971, Deep Purple decided to produce and record their album Machine Head in Montreux. The group was also scheduled to record at the Montreux Casino, shortly after Frank Zappa performed. During Zappa's concert, the venue caught fire and reduced the Casino to ashes. Nobs saved several young people who had hidden in the casino, thinking they would be sheltered from the flames. This act earned him a mention (in the line Funky Claude was running in and out pulling kids out the ground) in the song "Smoke on the Water", which is about the incident. Also, on the inner liner of the original album, Nobs' picture was the only one labelled with a name other than those of the band members themselves.

The Man - Freddie Mercury statue

Freddie fans meet here every year.....

We found his "Duck House" as well!

Chillon Castle 13th Century (actually 1160?)

Chillon Castle

Complete with moat.....