Jesse Dayton, having to compete with Los Lonely Boys, played to something of a smaller crowd just outside City Hall, but his Memphis-soaked, Austin-based and altogether assorted country tunes still had couples rising to their feet and dancing, while the rest of the audience laughed and cheered as he ran an aluminum beer can up and down the neck of his guitar, picking its strings with his right hand.

That takes practice, I assume. And someone should teach me.

Sayers later accompanied Ruthie Foster onstage. After singing "Everlasting Light," Foster told the crowd that "this is usually when we pass around the collection plate," a reference to gospel music. Lucky for everyone in attendance, no one had to be carried out by an usher. Foster's strong suit as a singer is in her ability to sing just about anything.

If her first song didn't make your ears perk up, chances are the next one did. I'm glad she calls Austin home and is close enough to (hopefully) visit regularly.

The Grammy-winning Los Lonely Boys closed out Saturday's festivities, expanding their already eclectic sound with an homage to Jimi Hendrix. With hints of Stevie Ray Vaughn, Santana, blues, country and an overall melodic sound that we Texans are proud to call our own, LLB proved that there's still a place for rock power trios in today's music industry.

By far, the Boys were the best-received act of the festival, garnering a crowd large enough to make us wistful about last year's Summer Fest and hopeful about this year's. I only hope that the weather is half as nice.