Crossroads Guitar Festival

Rating:
Summary: Beware - Defective DVD's
Review: Amazon won't let you select 0 Stars so 1 is lowest I could select.

At least one other reviewer had the same problem as me - Both Discs are UNPLAYABLE in all (4) of the DVD Players I have in my house.
I just sent Amazon an E Mail indicating this but I believe their policy is to exchange only - I'll have to wait and see if the replacement is another defective product.
Shame on Warner Strategic Marketing for using such Powerhouse Content to Rip people off!!!!!

Rating:
Summary: AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Crossroads Guitar Festival was a once in a lifetime concert.

This awesome DVD captures the event.

If you like guitar, get this!

Rating:
Summary: GUITAR HEAVEN!
Review: Hey, I bought the Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD from Amazon this past Christmas & I must say it is amazing. When I first heard about the festival, I thought it was just a rumor, but when tickets went on sale, I rushed over & bought tickets right when they went on sale.

Highlights include: Cocaine, Steamroller Blues, Oklahoma Borderline, After Midnight, Jingo, City Love, Sweet Home Chicago, The March, I'm The Hell Outta Here, Rocky Mountain Way, I Shot The Sheriff, Tush, & Layla.

I hope that a volume 2 is released with lots more songs & hopefully some backstage footage & more interviews.

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Summary: when is part 2 coming out?
Review: I attended the Crossroads festival on the last day and of course was blown away...I think the most amazing thing I saw was Jeff Beck with Eric Clapton performing "because we ended as lovers". Why isn't the most beautiful thing I heard that day on the festival dvd? I believe it's because part 2 is coming...there was plenty of music for a part 2 and probably a part 3 as well.
SO...definitely pick this DVD up, but wait patiently for the release of part 2 with me...

Rating:
Summary: Good, but could have been better
Review: I like Clapton...I like Clapton as a guitarist, as a musician,I like his personality and I appreciate not only what he did for blues, but also his assemblying such a huge event. I also liked this DVD, but I can't help but think that this DVD could have been, or given the quality of the musicians performing, SHOULD have been better.

Everybody has got their own taste in music, so it's normal for one to ask questions like " Where is E.Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Al di Meola, Steve Morse, Joe Satriani, Gary Moore, Brian May, Eric Gales,Gales Bros, Walter Trout, Steve Lukather?" as the name of the festival is "Guitar Festival" and these names represent the meaning of "guitar" for many people, notwithstanding my respect for the guitar players who took part at the festival.

We have legends like , Santana, Robert Cray, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, John Mac Laughlin, BB King, Jeff Beck(was he there actually?) and Buddy Guy and that's wonderful, but they are covered for only one song each (Jam sessions does not count), and they definitely deserved more coverage than some of the others, such as the ones singing about what they like about Oklahoma girls, why they prefer the Oklahoma girls over the Texas girls, what the cowgirls do and the consequential results, etc...

We have great non-guitarist musicians, or should I say legends in their own field of interest like Dennis Chambers, Donald Dunn and Steve Gadd playing at the festival, which is great, but unfortunately they didn't get noteworthy spotlight (check out Dennis Chambers' solo during John mc Laughlin's set, we can see anything, including ladies with sexy outfits, but we can't see the solo of the best drummer in the world, perfect camera selection(!)) Probably the person who edited this DVD does not know who these guys are, and he should have known better!!

Overall,a good and an enjoyable performance, and a good DVD, but not without shortcomings..



Rating:
Summary: Wish I'd seen it live!
Review: I saw pieces of this concert on PBS, and decided to purchase it. The DVD contains many performances that were not aired by PBS, and is a real treat for musicians and fans alike. The performances are varied, but no trash or filler. The one tune by Stave Vai and his band is fantastic, and worth the cost of the DVD alone.
For those who got to see it in person, this festival must have been a once in a lifetime experience. Wish I'd seen it live!
Buy it.

Rating:
Summary: Blow me away!
Review: I was so impressed with this set that I purchased 2 extra copies to send to my brothers! It just seems like set after set of great music. I think that the variety of guitar playing styles represented gives a fantastic cross section of the the types of music available. I am not a big fan of Country music, but Vince Gill plays a mean guitar! I didn't care much for the Indian music (Vishwa Mohan Bhatt), or John McLaughlin's set (sorry, everyone is entitled to an opinion), but the rest of the set was incredible.

Rating:
Summary: a very good overview of g-players and styles
Review: I'am big fan of EC and he is great. But I'am also a fan of the guitar and I enjoy all these players. I've got all the records of Eric Johnson, I it's a pity there are no more songs of him on this DVD.

For the record some people wrote where is Bran May, Steve Lukather etc.

answer: Brian May, Steve Lukather and Satriani were invited and said that they would come, but due to time-problems they couldn't make it. May and satriani donated a guitar for the festval.
Gary Moore was injured on his whrist.

I miss Jeff Beck (and Pat Metheny), I don't know why he and EC is not on it, but Mr. Beck never appears on a solo-DVD, maybe he had his reasons.


Highligts:

EC: Cocaine, HYELAW, Sheriff, Jingo ( with Santana)
Eric Johnson
Steve Vai
Robert Cray
James Taylor with Jerry Douglas
Vince Gill



Rating:
Summary: Wish I was there!
Review: I'm an Eric Clapton fan and have been for a (very) long time, so it was with great anticipation I waited for this DVD to wing its way to me. I wasn't disappointed... I really enjoyed it.

Unfortunately when you live in Oz the odds of an event like this ever happening downunder are very long indeed, so I'm happy someone recorded it.

Some other reviewers were lucky enough to be there, and it was through them I realised Jeff Beck had not been included on the DVD. That was disappointing.

I s'pose you can only review a disk for what's there, so I can tell you the DTS sound is great and the talent is excellent. I did find the out of sequence performances irksome though.

I'm happy that my dollars may have helped the Crossroads cause, and if another DVD turns up with the stuff that got left on the cutting room floor, I'll gladly pay my money again.

Rating:
Summary: Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, etc.!
Review: The Crossroads Guitar Festival is the must have for the seeking guitar player. Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, BB King, Eric Johnson, Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Cray, Santana, Joe Walsh, ZZ Top, Johnny Lang, John McLaughlin, Steve Vai, Robert Lockwood Jr, Hubert Sumlin, Robert Randolph, John Mayer, and many more.....Their are also some great acoustic players including James Taylor, Jerry Douglas, Dan Tyminski, and Ron Block. Robert Randolph is one of the greatest steel slide players I have ever seen in my life, he highlights a new era for all slide guitarist across the world. And how can I ever forget John McLaughlin's performence of Tones For Elvin Jones. Their's great renditions of Killing Floor, Sweet Home Chicago, and Six Strings Down with Robert Cray, Eric Clapton, Jimmie Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, and Robert Randolph. Their are also great guitarist including Doyle Bramhall the second's Green Light Girl. And to close the night who better than ZZ Top with La Grange, and Tush. This is truely filled with everything any guitarist in the world will truely love. Rock, Blues, Country, Metal this one is for you!