This weekend I was in Dallas to attend Eric Clapton's Crossroad Guitar Festival. It was about the most amazing three days I can possibly remember or describe. I mean, everyone in blues and rock was there! The first day of the festival was exciting enough for me because at about noon, George Lynch came on stage and did some solo playing. This was great because I was a big Dokken fan when I was younger, and finally even saw them live as they were breaking up. So that was very exciting, except that the music sucked. Don't get me wrong, George Lynch is a plenty talented guitarist... but he was trying to play along with this shitty backing track.…
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26 - Mark S
Hi there, i must say that after driving 10000km to see the crossroads, i dont think i'll ever have another experience in my life that'll top this one. let's just say i jumped on my 500 Vulcan and drove right to miami from ottawa, then new orleans and austin. i went there for the sole purpose of visiting the SRV statue, but as i left houston i noticed that all there was on the roads was harleys. i was blown away, being in the heart of texas where i'd wanted to be for years and it happened to be the weekend for the texas rally, never seen so many bikes in my life, and 6th street was closed down that night for a huge party, its was great. so i managed to find the SRV statue at least though, visited it twice actually..the next day i drove into dallas (Saturday), and my only regret was not having a ticket for that evening, cause i drove by the cotton bowl and heard some pretty incredible music, i wish i could have seen eric johnson perform... but i managed to get myself a motel nearby and just got ready for the next day. got to the festival at 11, pretty nice spot in the field. i must say that i agree with people's comments on Buddy Guy's performance, he really nailed it with his tone and sustain...but i was also incredibly impressed with Steve Vai, he put on a great show, i hope its on the dvd, along with everything else cause those cameras were filming the entire 12 hours. Needless to say i was pretty happy to see BB King and Jimmy Vaughan playing, then Buddy Guy and EC. im 21 i never imagined i'd be able to see them perform in my life, especially all together in one big venue. it's too bad though that Jeff Beck only came out for one song, i heard it's cause of the storms that were right on top of us, plus they were behind schedule or something....any how i would definetely go to the next concert of this sort, the only person i wished would have been there is David Gilmour, that would have been incredible. Santana was wicked and seeing ZZ Top performing in Texas was amazing, im just glad my bike made it back up to Ottawa!
27 - Lono
Hey all,
As promised, the DVD is coming out. I have read conflicting reports saying either October 19th, or the first week of November. It will be a two disc set. For info, just google 'clapton crossroads dvd'.
take care,
Lono