Crossroads Guitar Festival

Crossroads Guitar Festival
by Ron de Moraes

Crossroads Guitar Festival

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Actor: B.B. King, Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale, James Taylor (XVII), Rocky Frisco
Director: Ron de Moraes
Brand: Clapton,Eric
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Enhanced, Live, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 210 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Strat. Mkt.

DVD Reviews of Crossroads Guitar Festival

DVD Review: Received incorrect DVD and was never able to resolve the problem
Summary: 1 Stars

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.

DVD Review: Love it!
Summary: 5 Stars

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

DVD Review: Great DVD despite the ZZ letdown
Summary: 5 Stars

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.

DVD Review: It doesn't get any better than this!
Summary: 5 Stars

I love to see and hear top notch guitar playing by the true masters of Blues and Rock&Roll. Eric Clapton is one of the very best and he has gathered together an amazing group of guitar players who created and played the music from the early days to the present. I can't recommend this DVD any higher. It's a must have so get it today.

DVD Review: Eric Clapton's "Crossroads Guitar Festival" - "Live from the Cotton Bowl" in Dallas, Texas = Simply Outstanding!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is an excellent 2 disc dvd guitar festival full of allstar guitarists. I liked the way they had a large replica of Stevie Ray Vaughan's Guitar displayed on the side of the stage (on the right). This one has been reviewed quite extensively, so I'll just point out a few things, that I really liked. I liked all of it from beginning to end!!!

Some highlights I liked include: "Six Strings Down" by Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, & Jimmie Vaughan, "Sweet Home Chicago" by Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, & Jimmie Vaughan, "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" by Dan Tyminski & Ron Block "the Soggy Bottom Boys" from the Movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou", "After Midnight" by J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton, "Call Me the Breeze" by J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton, "Funk 49" & "Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh, "LaGrange" & "Tush" by ZZ Top.

This is a great festival, and for a great cause (the Crossways Addition Recovery Center). I highly recommend this one. Thanks!!!!

Description of Crossroads Guitar Festival

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.

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

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