Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2007

Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2007
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Actor: Eric Clapton
Director: Various
Brand: WEA 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

DVD Reviews of Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2007

DVD Review: Now I can die happy . . .
Summary: 5 Stars

After a day of experiencing some of the best music we have ever had the privilege to hear played live, my good concert-buddy and I both agreed we could now die happy. After all, who ever expected to hear those Blind Faith songs played live by Clapton and Winwood - and that was only the climax of the day!

But it got even better when I got my hands on these dvds. I can put them in my player and relive that incredible event. From Bill Murray's kooky charm as emcee to Clapton's bashfulness as B.B. King talked about his friend, the warmth and love we felt at the show is truly reproduced in this chronicle of the day.

There were so many wonderful musical moments: Johnny Winter, who had to be led to his stool but proceeded to play his heart out; the larger-than-life Jeff Beck and his band, featuring the young and amazing Tal Wilkenfeld on bass; John Mayer (John Mayer?!) showing he can really play that guitar even as he gawked at all his idols; Derek Trucks, filling in for his namesake but making it all his own; and Mr. Clapton's evening show featuring, among others, Robbie Robertson, Trucks, Doyle Bramhall II, Buddy Guy and Mr. Winwood. I realized I had been waiting most of my life to hear those songs ring out on that beautiful summer night.

I could go on, but I won't. If you were lucky enough to be there, you know what I'm talking about. If you couldn't get there, thank your lucky stars the dvd is available and order the darn thing!

DVD Review: Erik Clapton Crossroads
Summary: 3 Stars

I enjoyed the DVD and recommend it to anyone that is a "guitar player" fan.

DVD Review: GREAT TEASER
Summary: 4 Stars

This is an amazing showcase of guitarist and the excitement generated by the unsurpassed talent of musicians who performed. This DVD gets multiple plays during outdoor BBQ parties in my back yard. It sounds and looks great.

The reason I'm giving only four stars is the editing/decision to limit this showcase to only 2 discs. It could have easily been 3 or 4 discs to include more of the Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks sets. It was obvious that the appearance Jeff Beck took the show to another level yet there were only two songs on the disc (his set was actually 12 songs). I keep looking for a Volume 2 of this show but I doubt that will ever come. Hopefully future "Crossroads" concerts will not be so heavily edited. In the meantime this is all there is so enjoy it.

DVD Review: Clapton and friends.....
Summary: 5 Stars

It doesn't get any better than this...a collection of some of the finest guitarists in the world. Derek Trucks never ceases to amaze me with his slide guitar work and Sonny Landreth is just simply awesome!! This is all in the first part of a 2 CD set. The rest is just as spectacular...

DVD Review: CROSSROADS ERIC CLAPTON GUITAR FESTIVAL 2007 DVD
Summary: 5 Stars

OUTSTANDING IN EVERY ASPECT!!!! 10 STARS ALL THE WAY!!! THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLENTY OF REVIEWS ON THIS ONE, SO I'LL JUST POINT OUT WHAT I ENJOYED THE MOST. FIRST, THIS FESTIVAL AND DVD IS FOR A WORTHY CAUSE, THE ROYALTIES FROM THIS WILL BENEFIT ERIC CLAPTON'S CROSSROADS CENTER IN ANTIGUA FOR ADDITION RECOVERY REHABILITATION!!! GREAT CAUSE!!! ERIC IS A VERY CARING PERSON - HE OVERCAME COCAINE ADDITION HIMSELF AND NOW HE HELPS OTHERS RECOVER FROM ADDITION. GREAT GUY!!!

DISC ONE:

SONNY LANDRETH FROM NEW ORLEANS PERFORMS EXCELLENT GUITAR PLAY INCLUDING SLIDE GUITAR PLAY (GO SONNY!!!). SUSAN TEDESCHI AND THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND - THEY ARE SUPER OUTSTANDING!!! JOHNNY WINTER IS GREAT ON "HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED"!!! JIMMY VAUGHAN (STEVIE RAY'S BROTHER) AND THE ROBERT CRAY BAND ARE FANTASTIC ON "DIRTY WORK AT THE CROSSROADS"!!! B.B.KING IS OUTSTANDING ON "PAYING THE COST TO BE THE BOSS"!!! ALBERT LEE & VINCE GILL ARE GREAT ON "COUNTRY BOY". SHERYL CROW AND OTHERS ARE GREAT ON "TULSA TIME". WILLIE NELSON IS GREAT ON "ON THE ROAD AGAIN".

DISC TWO:

JOHN MAYER IS GREAT ON "GRAVITY". JEFF BECK AND HIS PRETTY GIRL BASS PLAYER ARE AWESOME ON TWO GUITAR INSTUMENTALS!!!

NOW FOR THE REAL HIGHLIGHT - YOU GET THE ERIC CLAPTON BAND WHICH INCLUDES DEREK TRUCKS ON SLIDE GUITAR. THEY PERFORM SOME SUPER, SUPER, SUPER OUTSTANDING SONGS!!! AND THEN STEVE WINWOOD JOINS IN AND THEY PLAY "IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD" - THIS IS MAGNIGICENT!!!

THEN YOU GET BUDDY GUY WITH SOME FANTASTIC BLUES!!!! AND THEN YOU GET THE GRAND FINALE WHICH INCLUDES SEVERAL OF THE ALLSTAR ARTISTS PERFORMING "SWEET HOME CHICAGO"!!!

THIS IS A GREAT ONE AND I DIFINITELY RECOMMEND IT!!!!

Description of Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2007

The second Crossroads Guitar Festival - a day-long concert featuring legendary music & collaborations - was held on July 28, 2007 to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. Filmed in HD, this two disc DVD features over four hours of historic performances from that day. Since it's inception, Eric Clapton's vision for the festival has been to create an event where his friends & contemporaries can have fun & jam together for the benefit of a good cause.

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 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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