CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL

The '''Crossroads Guitar Festival''' was music festival and benefit concert for Eric Clapton's Crossroads Centre located in Antigua first held in 2004 and again in 2007.

Contents

2004 Festival

Performers

2007 Festival

Performers

External links

2004 Festival

The concert was held at the Cotton Bowl stadium of Dallas, Texas, from June 4, 2004, to June 6, 2004. A two-disc DVD containing 250 minutes of footage of the 2004 concert was released in the same year.

Performers

★ 'Eric Clapton' ★ Johnny A. ★ Jeff Beck ★ Vishwa Mohan Bhatt ★ Ron Block ★ Booker T. & the M.G.'s ★ Doyle Bramhall II ★ J.J. Cale ★ Larry Carlton ★ Robert Cray ★ Bo Diddley ★ Jerry Douglas ★ Nathan East ★ David \"Honeyboy\" Edwards ★ Vince Gill ★ Buddy Guy ★ David Hidalgo ★ Zakir Hussain ★ David James ★ Eric Johnson

★ B.B. King ★ Sonny Landreth ★ Jonny Lang ★ Robert Lockwood, Jr. ★ John Mayer ★ John McLaughlin ★ Pat Metheny ★ Robert Randolph ★ Duke Robillard ★ Carlos Santana ★ Neal Schon ★ Styx ★ Hubert Sumlin ★ James Taylor ★ Dan Tyminski ★ Steve Vai ★ Jimmie Vaughan ★ Joe Walsh ★ ZZ Top ★ David Johansen

Some performers at the Crossroads DVD festival such as Jeff Beck, Pat Metheny, Neal Schon, and Styx were not included on the DVD.
Other scheduled performers such as Steve Lukather and Brian May did not appear.

2007 Festival

The 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival was held at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois on July 28, 2007. Tickets sold out for the 28,000 capacity park in around 22 minutes. A DVD of the concert is scheduled for a fall release.

Performers

★ Bill Murray ★ Sonny Landreth^ ★ ★ Clapton ★ John McLaughlin^ ★ Alison Krauss and Union Station ★ Doyle Bramhall II^ ★ The Derek Trucks Band ★ ★ Susan Tedeschi ★ ★ Johnny Winter ★ Robert Randolph & The Family Band^ ★ Robert Cray^ ★ ★ Jimmie Vaughan^ ★ ★ Hubert Sumlin^ ★ ★ B.B. King^ ★ Aaron Loesch ★ John Mayer^

★ Vince Gill^ ★ ★ Albert Lee ★ ★ Sheryl Crow ★ ★ Krauss ★ ★ Willie Nelson ★ Los Lobos ★ Jeff Beck^ ★ 'Eric Clapton'^ ★ ★ Bramhall ★ ★ Trucks ★ ★ Robbie Robertson ★ ★ Steve Winwood ★ ★ Willie Weeks ★ Buddy Guy^ ★ ★ Clapton ★ ★ Mayer ★ ★ Cray ★ ★ Sumlin ★ ★ Winter ★ ★ Vaughan

^ - artists who also performed at the 2004 festival.

External links

★ 2004 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Auction

★ Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 Press Release

★ Crossroads Guitar Festival Article - A New Texas Jam - Dallas Observer

★ Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 Performer Schedule

★ Review of Crossroads Guitar Festival - Austin Chronicle

★ Spending a Weekend in Guitar Heaven

★ Early Tracking List of Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD from Executive Producer Jarrod Vrazel

★ Crossroads Guitar Festival Photos 2004

★ Where's Eric: Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD “Easter Eggs”

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★ Eric Clapton announces 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival

★ Fender Creates Eric Clapton Crossroads Stratocasters and Amps

★ Aaron Loesch Ready for 2007 Eric Clapton Crossroads Concert

★ Eric Clapton's 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival Announces Festival Village

★ Review: 2007 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Concert (includes extensive concert photo gallery)