Eric Clapton with guests - Crossroads Guitar Festival

How can you go wrong with a festival that gathers together some of the best guitar players in all of music, spanning genres from country to rock to blues? The answer: You can't! This double disc of music has it all for every guitar lover you know from Clapton to Buddy Guy, from Vince Gill to Carlos Santana, they're all here and having a blast. It's just as much fun to watch on DVD as it probably was to be there. Well, almost.

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Wow. Do you like the guitar? Like hearing it, watching it, do you worship it? Then this is the DVD for you. Pop it in and just listen in awe as some of the greatest fingers in all of music lull you to Nirvana on the waves of melodies. Not enough that THE premiere rock guitar god, Eric Clapton, is here playing (as well as producing), you'll also hear blues legends Buddy Guy and B.B. King; Stevie Ray's brother Jimmie Vaughn (himself a pretty respectable picker country giant Vince Gill (playing with dobro virtuoso Jerry Douglas); the always impressive Dan Tyminski (of Alison Krauss's band, as well as the familiar voice of George Clooney from "O Brother"); Steve Vai, Joe Walsh, Carlos Santana, and oh so many others.[p]Individual performances are exceptional, although the overall "live" feeling of the festival is lost as, judging by the "sun up, sun down" qualities, it's not anywhere approaching chronological order. They also clip in several superb performances from the smaller stages that apparently ringed the main festival stage inside the stadium, so you get a good feel for what was going on.[p]Okay, maybe this disc isn't for everyone. You have to have a true appreciation for all forms of roots music. If you're not a fan of rock or blues, it might be a disappointment. But for those who love it all, it's a definite must-have. Seeing these guitarists all together in one place is pretty much a magical experience. Plus, it benefits a terrific cause. What more could you ask?_z_countrymusic_z_);