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DVD 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
If you love the blues, and especially if you are a guitarist---you will LOVE this DVD. I've watched it several times and and just keeps getting better. Buy it!!!
A Must Buy For Guitar Players
If you buy one video in the hope of learning some great guitar lick's Buy Crossroads Guitar Festival.The blues licks one can glean from watching Buddy Guy,Eric Clapton,and a great set by Joe Walsh are one of the best teaching videos i have ever seen.Slap this DVD on the player hook up your guitar and prepare to jam with the best blues players in the business.Claptons extended soloing with Doyle Bramhall JR on the songs Cocaine,I shot the Sheriff & Have You Ever Loved a Women are pure bliss to play along to.Other benifits for guitar players are the close up shots on most solo progressions and makes fingering of solos easier to learn, you will also notice the types of guitar amps and effects pedal's the players are using.
I also agree with the other reviewers that more material should have been added, it could and should have been a 3 or 4 disc dvd set.David Hidalgo(los lobo's) and Jonny Lang & Jimmie Vaughan to name a few should have been given more time on this two disc set.
That being said this is one of the best DVD's i have ever owned and has such great longevity, you simply will not grow tired of listening to this eclectic gathering of guitar greats.
daytime concerts are lame
5 Stars on Cream reunion DVD/CD, and Eric does a great job here, but..........
I just hate daytime concerts, something about the lights at a show and having everything dark and just focusing on the band is what its all about. I just have always refused to see day shows. Yes I have tried, just to much going on around you to see it takes away big time from the show.
plus I hate having a few brews in the day, then I will burnout and crash, Sun and Beer dont mix.
pure and simple.
I dont care if SRV came back from the dead, if so he better play at night
ZZ Top are old
Robert Randolf is like a record stuck on broken, the whole show
If you have even a passing interest in Stevie Ray Vaughan's peerless mastery of urban blues guitar, you must own Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985. Spaced almost exactly three years apart, these concerts (60 and 93 minutes, respectively) represent the Texan blues god at his fiery best, with Double Trouble (drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon) laying the solid foundation upon which SRV built a Fender-driven sound as fierce as it was perfectly refined. The '82 show was truly "success in disguise," because despite booing from a festival audience lulled by a day of acoustic blues, and the stunned dejection that SRV felt after persevering through a uncompromising set, this was the turning point in SRV's career, leading to post-show encounters with Jackson Browne and David... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Stevie Ray Vaughan DVD Release Date: Released the 14 September 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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They step onto the stage of London's Royal Albert Hall: Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, and Eric Clapton. The capacity crowd, which includes Sean Penn and Jude Law, stands to greet them. Thirty-seven years after their farewell concert, the famously fiery Cream did the unthinkable--they reunited. This double-disc collection (and accompanying CD set) captures highlights from the historic four-day engagement, beginning with a buoyant "I'm So Glad" and ending with a triumphant "Sunshine of Your Love." It would be churlish to suggest that Cream appears exactly as they did in the 1960s (Bruce looks a little frail), but the legendary power trio still has the goods. Bruce is still the essence of soul (a particularly rich vocal on "Politician"), while Baker is as irrepressible as ever (a rare vocal on... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Martyn Atkins DVD Release Date: Released the 04 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Exceptionally moving but not the least bit sentimental, Concert for George is a splendid tribute to the late George Harrison, whose contributions to the Beatles were so often hidden in the long shadows of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. A year to the day after Harrison's November 29, 2001 death, Eric Clapton assembled some musicians--people who had played with Harrison and known him intimately, including McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Tom Petty--to perform his music at London's Royal Albert Hall. They take on not just the predictable ("My Sweet Lord" and "Something," beautifully sung by Billy Preston and Sir Paul, respectively), but also lesser-known fare like "Old Brown Shoe" and "Beware of Darkness," all to superbly empathetic effect. But the tune most likely to make you misty-eyed... More Info about this DVD Director(s): David Leland DVD Release Date: Released the 18 November 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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If you like the blues work of Clapton, you'll love this DVD. First, the sound is amazing, it is not overprocessed, it is like you just surprised Clapton and his mates rehearsing, and still they manage to play great, in tune and synchronized. Every guitar player and Clapton or blues fan to which I shown the DVD ran out to buy it. There are sessions where Clapton plays one of its Stratocaster, while other sessions are acoustic. Worth every penny. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Eric Clapton DVD Release Date: Released the 07 December 2004 Usually ships in 6 to 8 days
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this dvd is great,it's 89 minutes long,has 14 songs.my favorite songs are everyday i have the blues,and i'am tore down.eric does some of the usual stuff but does a good job as always. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Julia Knowles DVD Release Date: Released the 20 November 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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