Eric Clapton Video:

Crossroads Guitar Festival



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Eric Clapton Video:
Crossroads Guitar Festival



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Crossroads Guitar Festival
Crossroads Guitar Festival
List Price: $29.98Label: Warner Strat. Mkt.

Salesrank: 4627

Released: November 9, 2004
Our Price: $20.38
Used Price: $15.00
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD

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  • NTSC
  • Editorial Review:
    In June 2004, some of the greatest living guitar players and their bands gathered at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, for a three-day festival to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. It was the ultimate concert for any music lover, featuring one legend after the other: Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy, Eric Johnson, James Taylor, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Walsh, John Mayer, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Santana, ZZ Top, and many more. This 2-DVD set beautifully documents the event and contains over 4 hours of content. Planned extras include in-depth artist interviews, a mini-documentary, photo gallery, alternate angle, and more. Royalties from the DVD sales will benefit the Crossroads Center.

    Description of Crossroads Guitar Festival:
    Although it could have been twice as long, this double-DVD set effectively captures over three hours of highlights from one of the most comprehensive and diverse collection of guitarists ever assembled for a single event. Recorded over three days in June of 2004 to benefit Eric Clapton's Crossroads Center in Antigua (as do the sales of this set), the show is not surprisingly heavy on the rootsy blues and country that comprise Clapton's primary inspirations. But it also includes folk (James Taylor), gospel (Robert Randolph & the Family Band), fret-shredding rockers (Steve Vai who delivers a dazzling performance), jazz (John McLaughlin), and, most interestingly, Indian classical music (a stunning piece from Vishwa Mohan Bhatt).

    Most compelling are the rare and sometimes unusual collaborations. Joe Walsh and Taylor clown around on "Steamroller Blues," and Booker T. & the M.G.'s back both Joe Walsh on a rollicking "Rocky Mountain Way" and Los Lobos' David Hidalgo tearing into a sizzling "The Neighborhood." Clapton and J.J. Cale share the stage as do Clapton and Carlos Santana, and a show-stopping blues summit with Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughan, Hubert Sumlin, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Clapton is a treat for all involved.

    There are some shortcomings. The event isn't presented in chronological order--different stages, days, and backing bands are shuffled with Clapton's own set scattered throughout--ZZ Top's closing is a bit anticlimactic, and there are many omissions due to time constraints. But every act rises to the occasion, and this expertly recorded and shot DVD gives the viewer a front-row seat to a once-in-a-lifetime experience. --Hal Horowitz

    Crossroads Guitar Festival Reviews:
    SOME OF THE BEST AT WHAT THEY DO!!! 5 Star Review
    2009-12-19 - WHAT A FANTASTIC COLLECTION OF TALENT THE OLD AND THE NEW!!! TWO STAND OUT FOR ME WERE JONNY LANG AND STEVE VAI !!! I HAD NEVER SEEN THEM PERFORM BEFORE AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY!!! JUST TERRIFIC. WHAT A SHOW !!

    rockin' stars 5 Star Review
    2009-08-31 - this is a great double disc video, I can't get enough of it, Eric Clapton has done a great job with this one, gathering all these musicians, all great performances a must have.

    Received incorrect DVD and was never able to resolve the problem 1 Star Review
    2009-04-18 - Instead of the Eric Clapton Crossroads DVD, I received Casino Royale. I contacted the seller via the prescribed e-mail channel and was never able to get a response. I did not want to waste more time on it, but getting a movie I already owned was of no value. I will not shop here again.

    Love it! 5 Star Review
    2009-03-26 - I got this for christmas a long time ago and loved it. Anybody who can play is there! Buy it for the guitar lover in your family

    Great DVD despite the ZZ letdown 5 Star Review
    2009-03-26 - Great DVD! Having attended this show, it is nice to be able to relive the included sets that showcase a wide variety of styles and classic performances that mesh together magically with the exception of the final two acts: the worn Santana drum/synth sound (what happened to his guitar?) and the ZZ Top 'cartoon show' we have all seen repeated a million times over in arenas and at the Super Bowl. I am an original ZZ fan from the beginning but I am so looking forward to Rick Rubins 'makeover' of our "Little Old Band". Still, thanks to Eric Clapton for delivering an awesome 3 days of music to my doorstep.










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