Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WEA DVD
EAN: 0603497987764
Format: Dolby
Label: Rhino Records
Manufacturer: Rhino Records
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Rhino Records
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-11-20
Running Time: 240
Studio: Rhino Records
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-11-06

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Summary: Eric Clapton's Crossroads 2007 concert
Comment: Great, I bought twenty copies and gave nineteen to my closest friends. As the Tee-shirt states, Eric Clapton IS GOD! And this DVD, with Eric and Friends, re-enforces that statement. Also the proceeds go to a great cause.

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Summary: Sit back and crank up your surround system....
Comment: FABULOUS!! This DVD gets played at least once a week at my house. The second DVD is loaded with Jeff Beck, Eric, John Mayer, and the incomparable Steve Winwood. A must have for all true rock and roll fans. Play it loud and enjoy!

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Summary: Incredible!
Comment: What a great video! From Sonny Landreth's opening set this concert was fantastic. Highlights for my wife and I were Landreth, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Buddy Guy and Derek Trucks. Doyle Bramhall, Vince Gill and John McLaughlin also had excellent sets. Eric's rendition of "Isn't It A Pity" was very good and a fitting tribute to George Harrison. The biggest problem was for me was that John McLaughlin only had one song and Jeff Beck only had two on the DVD. Those are two of the greatest guitar players of all time, I would have thought they would get more time on a DVD of a guitar festival.

While they weren't bad, Sheryl Crow, Steve Winwood and Willie Nelson suffered in comparison. They just weren't quite at the same level as most of the other artists, IMO.

Sound and video quality were both excellent, I believe it was recorded in HD. If so, I hope it is eventually released on Blu-Ray, I would definitely double dip for this one.

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Summary: Clapton does it again: Crossroads 2007
Comment: People talk about sequels not measuring up but that certainly isn't the case here. Clapton has once again managed to put together an amazing collection of artists doing what they do best. Granted I am a Clapton fan, but this isn't about Eric. This is about what he put together. What a treat watching some of the classics like Jeff Beck and John Maclaughlin playing live. And, in case some of you may not have noticed Beck's bass player is absolutely AMAZING....cute too. This is an extremely worthwhile investment if you like good music, not just the blues.

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Summary: True Guitar Hero's In Action
Comment: This DVD portrays the best of the best in guitar talent. Relive the past, enjoy the present, and check out some of the greats of the future. You will not be dissapointed. If you're at a crossroad whether to buy this,definitely take this one for a a ride.

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Editorial Reviews:

A lot of good (and some great) music for a worthy cause takes center stage once again as Eric Clapton hosts the second edition of his Crossroads Guitar Festival, a benefit for his Crossroads Centre rehab facility in Antigua and a near embarrassment of six-string riches occupying two discs. Staged in suburban Chicago in July, 2007, it features several of the same players who were at the first concert (2004, in Dallas), including Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, John Mayer, Vince Gill, John McLaughlin, and Robert Randolph. They're all in fine form, but it's those appearing for the first time who make the biggest impressions. Derek Trucks, who performs on his own, with his wife (Susan Tedeschi, herself an excellent blues guitarist), and backing several other artists (including a frighteningly decrepit-looking Johnny Winter), is a strikingly versatile young player. On the other end of the generational spectrum, the veteran Albert Lee spins out a series of stupefyingly swift licks on "Country Boy," while Jeff Beck is, well, Jeff Beck, at age 63 still inarguably one of the most original musicians to ever strap on a Stratocaster. While most of the others are content to play straight blues or blues-derived rock, Beck sounds as if he's riding a spaceship with strings, wringing sounds out of his instrument that defy understanding, let alone imitation; backed by ace drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and 22-year-old Tal Wilkenfeld, who may be the most exciting electric bassist to emerge since Jaco Pastorius, Beck delivers versions of "'Cause We've Ended as Lovers" and "Big Block" that are the highlights of the show. Elsewhere, Clapton, as is his wont, rises to the occasion in the presence of his peers and plays with considerable passion, even if his "reunion" with Steve Winwood lacks fire (mostly due to the lackluster nature of their Blind Faith-era material, other than the lovely "Can't Find My Way Home"). In the end, one might wish for more good songs, as opposed to opportunities for extended soloing, but even diehard axe-heads will surely be satiated after some four hours of hot licks. As for everyone else, well, that's why God invented the fast forward button. --Sam Graham