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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: 352124
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A 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 sed to rtunities 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