Crossroads Guitar Festival

The Crossroads Guitar Festival was a benefit concert for Eric Clapton's Crossroads Centre located in Antigua. The concert was held at the Cotton Bowl stadium of Dallas, Texas, from June 4, 2004, to June 6, 2004. Another festival will be held on July 28, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. A two-disc DVD containing 250 minutes of footage of the 2004 concert was released in the same year.

2004 Fesitval

Performers

• Eric Clapton
• B.B. King
• Bo Diddley
• Booker T. & the M.G.'s
• Buddy Guy
• Carlos Santana
• Dan Tyminski
• David Hidalgo
• David "Honeyboy" Edwards
• David James

• Doyle Bramhall II
• Duke Robillard
• Eric Johnson
• Hubert Sumlin
• J.J. Cale
• James Taylor
• Jeff Beck
• Jerry Douglas
• Jimmie Vaughan
• Joe Walsh
• John Mayer

• John McLaughlin
• Johnny A.
• Jonny Lang
• Larry Carlton
• Nathan East
• Neal Schon
• Pat Metheny
• Robert Cray
• Robert Lockwood, Jr.

• Robert Randolph
• Ron Block
• Sonny Landreth
• Steve Vai
• Styx
• Vince Gill
• Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
• Zakir Hussain
• ZZ Top

2007 Festival

The 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival will be held at Toyota Park in Chicago, Illinois on July 28, 2007. Tickets sold out for the 28,000 capacity park in around 8 minutes.

Confirmed Artists

• Jeff Beck
• Doyle Bramhall II
• Eric Clapton
• Robert Cray
• Sheryl Crow
• Vince Gill
• Buddy Guy
• BB King
• Alison Krauss and Union Station
• Sonny Landreth

• Albert Lee
• Los Lobos
• John Mayer
• John McLaughlin
• Willie Nelson
• Robert Randolph
• Hubert Sumlin
• Derek Trucks
• Jimmie Vaughan
• Steve Winwood

Trivia

• The DVD contains an easter egg (hidden live track) in the form of Clapton's live performance of "Layla". To access it, insert the second disc into the machine, select Special Features and press the left arrow until nothing appears to be selected and press Ok or Enter.

External links

• Where's Eric:DVD “Easter Eggs”
• Crossroads Guitar Festival at IMDb
• Eric Clapton announces 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival to be held in Chicago on July 28