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Music DVD Review: Eric Clapton & Friends - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007

Written by El Bicho
Published December 04, 2007
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Vince Gill represented the coutry portion of the set and sang alone, as well as with Albert Lee, Sheryl Crow, Eric Clapton, and Willie Nelson with Clapton's "Tulsa Time" and Nelson's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" as highlights.

John Mayer dedicated "Every note from his guitar" to B.B. King, While Los Lobos played a rocking version of "Don't Worry Baby."

Up next was Jeff Beck with an incredible version of "Cause We've Ended as Lovers" with 21-year-old Tal Wilkenfeld on bass. She wowed both Beck and the audience with her nimble playing and pushed the guitar legend to give his best performance.

Clapton dedicated George Harrison's "Isn't it a Pity" to the late Beatle and his performance showed how much Clapton misses his longtime friend to this day. After a version of "Who Do You Love?" with Robbie Robertson, Clapton called to the stage Steve Winwood, his old bandmate in Blind Faith, for a mini reunion. In what was easily the biggest highlight of the night, the pair played inspired versions of "Can't Find My Way Home" and "Presence of the Lord," as well as "Crossroads." Winwood's voice sounded great and he stood out on both keyboards and guitar.

Chicago favorite Buddy Guy followed them with "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "Damn Right I've Got the Blues" before joinging Clapton, Cray, Mayer, Sumlin, Vaughan, and Winter for an all-star jam on the blues standard "Sweet Home Chicago" - a fitting way to end the show.

The DVD has standard stereo as well as DTS 5.1 audio and includes highlights from the Crossroads Village Stage - a second stage featuring more guitar heroes.

Crossroads was an all-day festival and would have needed several more discs to include all the performances. Still, Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 is a good representation of a great day of music for a worthy cause.

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Music DVD Review: Eric Clapton & Friends - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
Published: December 04, 2007
Type: Review
Section: Music
Filed Under: Music: Blues, Music: Classical, Music: Country and Americana, Music: Instrumental, Music: Jazz, Music: Live Concerts, Music: Rock, Music: Video, Review, Video: Music
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#1 — December 5, 2007 @ 11:29AM — Keith [URL]

It was actually Albert Lee playing guitar and not Albert Collins. Unfortunately Albert Collins has already left us.

#2 — December 5, 2007 @ 14:40PM — General Jabbo [URL]

Thanks for pointing that out. Have no idea why I was typing that as I know who both are. Mea culpa!

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