Warner Music Vision: Eric Clapton – Crossroads Guitar Festival – 2-DVD Set (DTS & Dolby Digital 5.1)

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Product Details:

• UPC: 603497037827
• Catalog Number: 0349-70378-2
• Product Type: DVD (2-disc set)
• Brand / Label: Warner Music Vision / Reprise Records (Crossroads Concerts LLC)
• Artist: Eric Clapton & various artists
• Release Year: 2004
• Genre: Blues, Rock (guitar / live concert)
• Condition: Very Good (used) — see photos

Product Features

• Format: 2 × DVD-9
• Total duration: approx. 253 min (concert approx. 218 min; interviews approx. 35 min)
• Recorded live at the Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas
• Audio: DTS 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Video: PAL, 16:9, Colour
• Region: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
• Subtitles: English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Español
• Special features: In-depth artist interviews
• Made in EU

Overview

This is the original Crossroads Guitar Festival — Eric Clapton's all-star benefit, filmed live at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Two discs, roughly 253 minutes, and a guest list that reads like a guitar hall of fame: B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Carlos Santana, ZZ Top, Steve Vai, John Mayer, Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Cray, J.J. Cale, James Taylor, Vince Gill, John McLaughlin and many more.

The pairings are the whole point. Clapton trades licks with B.B. King and Buddy Guy on "Rock Me Baby," shares "After Midnight" and "Call Me The Breeze" with J.J. Cale himself, and brings Carlos Santana out for "Jingo." Across the two discs the set moves from Delta blues and bluegrass through Texas boogie to fusion, with each player given real room rather than a token cameo.

The disc carries DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround mixes plus a stereo track, so the festival fills a home theatre the way a guitar showcase should. Proceeds benefited the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. A cornerstone title for any guitar or blues collector.

Interesting Facts

• The festival was a benefit for the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, the addiction treatment facility Eric Clapton founded.
• The lineup spans generations and genres — from blues elders like B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Hubert Sumlin to younger players like John Mayer and Jonny Lang.
• "After Midnight" and "Call Me The Breeze" are performed with J.J. Cale, who wrote both songs that Clapton famously made hits.
• The bluegrass contingent — Dan Tyminski, Ron Block, Jerry Douglas, Vince Gill — gives the set an acoustic dimension unusual for an electric-guitar showcase.
• The concert was produced by Eric Clapton with Peter Jackson and Scooter Weintraub.

Track Listing

Disc 1 (Live at the Cotton Bowl, Dallas)

1. Cocaine — Eric Clapton
2. Love in Vain Blues — Robert Lockwood Jr.
3. Killing Floor — Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Hubert Sumlin & Jimmie Vaughan
4. Sweet Home Chicago — Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin & Jimmie Vaughan
5. Six Strings Down — Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph & Jimmie Vaughan
6. Rock Me Baby — Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, B.B. King & Jimmie Vaughan
7. I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow — Dan Tyminski with Ron Block
8. Road to Nash Vegas — Dan Tyminski with Ron Block
9. Copperline — James Taylor with Jerry Douglas
10. Steamroller — James Taylor with Joe Walsh
11. Oklahoma Borderline — Vince Gill with Jerry Douglas
12. What the Cowgirls Do — Vince Gill with Jerry Douglas
13. After Midnight — J.J. Cale with Eric Clapton
14. Call Me the Breeze — J.J. Cale with Eric Clapton
15. The March — Robert Randolph & The Family Band
16. Green Light Girl — Doyle Bramhall II
17. Jingo — Carlos Santana with Eric Clapton
18. City Love — John Mayer

Disc 2

1. Rag Bihag — Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
2. Tones for Elvin Jones — John McLaughlin
3. Josie — Larry Carlton
4. Going Down Slow — David "Honeyboy" Edwards
5. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day — Eric Clapton
6. Time Makes Two — Robert Cray
7. Give Me Up Again — Jonny Lang
8. Neighborhood — David Hidalgo
9. I'm the Hell Outta Here — Steve Vai
10. Desert Rose — Eric Johnson
11. Funk 49 — Joe Walsh
12. Rocky Mountain Way — Joe Walsh
13. I Shot the Sheriff — Eric Clapton
14. Have You Ever Loved a Woman (Blues in C) — Eric Clapton
15. La Grange — ZZ Top
16. Tush — ZZ Top

Publishers

℗ & © 2004 Crossroads Concerts LLC. Released by Warner Music Vision / Reprise Records (with Duck Records). Manufactured in the EU.

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