Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2007
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Actor: Eric ClaptonBrand: ERIC CLAPTON - CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVA (DVD
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), DTS 5.1; German (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 240 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Rhino Records
Movie Reviews of Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2007
Movie Review: Crossroads Festival 2007
Summary: 4 Stars
If you love Eric Clapton and/or blues and jazz, then this is a MUST HAVE!
Summary of Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2007
The second Crossroads Guitar Festival a day-long concert featuring legendary music and collaborations was held on July 28 2007 to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. Filmed in HD Rhino has captured the event for release on 2-disc DVD thefollow-up to 2004 s Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD that has been certified 8X platinum.The Festival showcased a wide range of styles Rock Blues and Country Featuring Eric Clapton Jeff Beck Robert Cray Sheryl Crow Vince Gill Buddy Guy B.B. King Los Lobos John Mayer Willie Nelson Robert Randolph Robbie Robertson Derek Trucks Jimmie Vaughan Johnny Winter Steve Winwood and more.Highlights included Clapton regrouping with Blind Faith band mate Steve Winwood a virtuosic instrumental set from Jeff Beck Vince Gill performing along with Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson Robbie Robertson s rare concert appearance John Mayer s bluesy set Clapton s own set featuring Derek & The Dominos material plus a tribute to George Harrison with a performance of his It s A Pity and Buddy Guy closing the show in his hometown with an all-star jam on Sweet Home Chicago. Since its inception Clapton s vision for the Crossroads Guitar Festival has been to create an event where his friends andcontemporaries can have fun and jam together for the benefit of a good cause. The Crossroads Festival is the realization of a dream for me to gather a group of amazingly talented musicians to perform on one stage said Clapton. The Crossroadsperformers are all musicians I admire and respect. Royalties from the sale of this DVD will benefit Crossroads Centre AntiguaFormat: DVD AUDIO Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS UPC: 603497987764 Manufacturer No: 352124A lot of good (and some great) music for a worthy cause takes center stage once again as Eric Clapton hosts the second edition of his Crossroads Guitar Festival, a benefit for his Crossroads Centre rehab facility in Antigua and a near embarrassment of six-string riches occupying two discs. Staged in suburban Chicago in July, 2007, it features several of the same players who were at the first concert (2004, in Dallas), including Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, John Mayer, Vince Gill, John McLaughlin, and Robert Randolph. They're all in fine form, but it's those appearing for the first time who make the biggest impressions. Derek Trucks, who performs on his own, with his wife (Susan Tedeschi, herself an excellent blues guitarist), and backing several other artists (including a frighteningly decrepit-looking Johnny Winter), is a strikingly versatile young player. On the other end of the generational spectrum, the veteran Albert Lee spins out a series of stupefyingly swift licks on "Country Boy," while Jeff Beck is, well, Jeff Beck, at age 63 still inarguably one of the most original musicians to ever strap on a Stratocaster. While most of the others are content to play straight blues or blues-derived rock, Beck sounds as if he's riding a spaceship with strings, wringing sounds out of his instrument that defy understanding, let alone imitation; backed by ace drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and 22-year-old Tal Wilkenfeld, who may be the most exciting electric bassist to emerge since Jaco Pastorius, Beck delivers versions of "'Cause We've Ended as Lovers" and "Big Block" that are the highlights of the show. Elsewhere, Clapton, as is his wont, rises to the occasion in the presence of his peers and plays with considerable passion, even if his "reunion" with Steve Winwood lacks fire (mostly due to the lackluster nature of their Blind Faith-era material, other than the lovely "Can't Find My Way Home"). In the end, one might wish for more good songs, as opposed to opportunities for extended soloing, but even diehard axe-heads will surely be satiated after some four hours of hot licks. As for everyone else, well, that's why God invented the fast forward button. --Sam Graham
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