Rhino: Eric Clapton — Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 (2-Disc DVD)

In VERY GOOD condition! As pictured! Buy with confidence!

Product Details

• UPC/EAN: 0603497847471
• Product Type: 2-Disc DVD Set
• Brand / Label: Rhino Entertainment Company (a Warner Music Group Company)
• Curator / Host: Eric Clapton
• MC: Bill Murray
• Event: Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019, American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas — 20–21 September 2019
• Release Year: 2020
• Genre: Blues / Classic Rock / Guitar
• Origin: Made in Germany

Product Features

• Format: 2 × DVD
• Runtime: Nearly 4 hours
• Audio: Produced and mixed by Simon Climie
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering
• Film Director: Martyn Atkins
• Condition: Used, very good — discs and packaging as pictured
• Charity: Royalties benefit Crossroads Centre Antigua, the treatment facility founded by Eric Clapton in 1998

Overview

Every few years, Eric Clapton assembles the most formidable gathering of guitarists that rock, blues, and country can produce, points them at a stage, and steps back to let things unfold. The 2019 edition — his fifth and, as Clapton has indicated, final Crossroads Guitar Festival — took place over two nights at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Nearly four hours of the resulting footage appear across these two DVDs, curated personally by Clapton.

The lineup reads like a fantasy bill. Jeff Beck delivers "Caroline, No" in a treatment no Beach Boys fan would anticipate. Peter Frampton and Clapton share the stage for a "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" tribute to George Harrison that earns every second of its runtime. John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr., Tedeschi Trucks Band, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy, Vince Gill, Jimmie Vaughan, Los Lobos, James Bay, Lianne La Havas, Robert Cray, Marcus King — the depth of the roster is difficult to overstate. Younger names like Tom Misch and Pedro Martins sit alongside festival veterans without any sense of hierarchy.

The evening closes with an ensemble "Purple Rain" and Joe Cocker's "High Time We Went," both led by Clapton himself. As festival finales go, it's a generous exit. Simon Climie's audio production is clean and balanced throughout — no instrument dominates at the expense of another, which matters enormously when the stage is this crowded.

For anyone who missed Dallas in 2019, or for collectors who already own the earlier Crossroads sets, this is essential.

Interesting Facts

• Crossroads Centre Antigua, which benefits from all DVD sales, was founded by Clapton in 1998 as a chemical dependency treatment and education facility — the festival itself grew from an earlier 1999 benefit concert at Madison Square Garden.
• The 2004 debut Crossroads DVD went 10× platinum in the United States alone; the 2007 set followed at 6× platinum. The series has become one of the best-selling music DVD franchises in rock history.
• Jeff Beck's "Caroline, No" — Brian Wilson's introspective 1966 ballad reimagined as an instrumental — was one of the most-discussed performances of the festival; Beck was known for transforming songs beyond recognition while keeping their emotional core intact.
• Bill Murray served as Master of Ceremonies across both nights, a role that came with improvised commentary and introductions that have their own following among attendees.
• Doyle Bramhall II, who appears both as a performer and as lead guitarist in Clapton's own band throughout the festival, is the son of Texas drummer Doyle Bramhall Sr. and a longtime Clapton collaborator.
• The 2019 festival was described by Clapton as the last — making this DVD the definitive document of a series that ran for fifteen years and helped fund treatment for hundreds of patients at Crossroads Centre.

Track Listing

Disc 1

1. Introduction
2. Native Stepson — Sonny Landreth
3. Wonderful Tonight — Eric Clapton & Andy Fairweather Low
4. Lay Down Sally — Eric Clapton & Andy Fairweather Low
5. Million Miles — Bonnie Raitt, Keb' Mo' & Alan Darby
6. Son's Gonna Rise — Citizen Cope with Gary Clark Jr.
7. Lait / De Ushuaia a La Quiaca — Gustavo Santaolalla
8. I Wanna Be Your Dog — Doyle Bramhall II with Tedeschi Trucks Band, Bill Murray & Jim Keltner
9. That's How Strong My Love Is — Doyle Bramhall II with Tedeschi Trucks Band
10. Lift Off — Tom Misch
11. Cognac — Buddy Guy & Jonny Lang
12. Everything Is Broken — Sheryl Crow with Bonnie Raitt, Doyle Bramhall II & James Bay
13. Every Day Is a Winding Road — Sheryl Crow with Bonnie Raitt, Doyle Bramhall II & James Bay
14. Retrato — Daniel Santiago & Pedro Martins
15. B-Side — Pedro Martins with Kurt Rosenwinkel
16. Baby, Please Come Home — Jimmie Vaughan with Bonnie Raitt & Billy F. Gibbons
17. I Shiver — Robert Cray
18. How Long — Marcus King
19. Goodbye Carolina — Marcus King
20. While My Guitar Gently Weeps — Peter Frampton with Eric Clapton
21. Space for the Papa — Jeff Beck
22. Big Block — Jeff Beck
23. Caroline, No — Jeff Beck

Disc 2

1. Sideways — Citizen Cope
2. Biutuful / Motorcycle Diaries — Gustavo Santaolalla
3. Feed the Babies — Gary Clark Jr.
4. I Got My Eyes on You (Locked & Loaded) — Gary Clark Jr.
5. Pearl Cadillac — Gary Clark Jr.
6. Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down — Vince Gill with Albert Lee & Jerry Douglas
7. Tulsa Time — Vince Gill with Albert Lee, Bradley Walker & Jerry Douglas
8. Lianne La Havas performance
9. Los Lobos performance
10. John Mayer performance
11. Layla — Eric Clapton Band
12. Purple Rain — Ensemble finale
13. High Time We Went — Ensemble finale

(Note: disc 2 running order sourced from retailer and press listings; individual song credits may vary slightly from what appears on-disc.)

Publishers

© & ℗ 2020 Crossroads Concerts LLC. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company, 777 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021. Made in Germany. Film directed by Martyn Atkins. Audio produced and mixed by Simon Climie. Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering.

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