(2020) Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019


Review:
Eric Clapton, one of the world’s pre-eminent blues/rock guitarists, once again summoned an all-star team of six-string heroes for his fifth Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2019. Held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the two-day concert event raised funds for the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, the chemical dependency treatment and education facility that Clapton founded in 1998. Following a six-year hiatus, the festival returned reenergized with outstanding performances by Clapton, James Bay, Jeff Beck, Doyle Bramhall II, Gary Clark Jr., Robert Cray, Sheryl Crow, Andy Fairweather Low, Peter Frampton, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, Sonny Landreth, Lianne La Havas, Los Lobos, John Mayer, Keb’ Mo’, Bonnie Raitt Robert Randolph, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Jimmie Vaughan and more. Throughout the show, Clapton shared the stage with others to perform some of his best-known songs, including “Layla” with John Mayer, plus acoustic versions of “Wonderful Tonight” and “Lay Down Sally” with Andy Fairweather Low. Clapton also paid tribute to his late friend George Harrison with a searing rendition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” with Peter Frampton. The Crossroads’ lineup offered an impressive mix of performers, with legends like Bonnie Raitt, James Burton, Robert Cray, and Jeff Beck (whose outstanding cover of The Beach Boys’ “Caroline, No” was a festival high point); contemporary stars Gary Clark Jr., Robert Randolph and Sheryl Crow; as well as rising talents The Marcus King Band, Tom Misch, and Lianne La Havas. Naturally, the on-stage collaborations provided some of the most compelling moments. Highlights include a cover of The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog” by Doyle Bramhall II, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Jim Keltner and actor Bill Murray (the festival’s M.C.); Buddy Guy and Johnny Lang ripping through Guy’s classic “Cognac”; and a version of the Merle Haggard hit “Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down” by Vince Gill, Albert Lee, Bradley Walker, and dobro master Jerry Douglas. For the encore, Clapton returned to the stage to lead ensemble performances of Prince’s “Purple Rain” and Joe Cocker’s “High Time We Went.” The first Crossroads Benefit Concert took place in 1999 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Crossroads Guitar Festival made its debut in 2004 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. That sold-out show was chronicled in a two-disc DVD that has since gone on to become one of the world’s top-selling music DVDs, achieving the 10x platinum mark in the United States alone. The subsequent DVD sets met similar acclaim. The 2007 collection was certified 6x platinum; the 2010 set was certified 3x platinum; and the 2013 set was certified platinum. Since 2004, The Crossroads Guitar Festival has been held every three years except in 2016. The festival was also the launch pad for the global ‘Turn Up For Recovery’ movement, which is helping bring awareness of abstinence based recovery and raise funds to provide treatment at Crossroads for those in need.





Tracklist:
01. Native Stepson (Live) (5:10)
02. Wonderful Tonight (Live) (4:20)
03. Lay Down Sally (Live) (4:56)
04. Million Miles (Live) (6:16)
05. Son’s Gonna Rise (with Gary Clark Jr.) (5:05)
06. Lait / De Ushuaia a la Quiaca (Live) (4:31)
07. I Wanna Be Your Dog (with Tedeschi Trucks Band) (Live) (4:11)
08. That’s How Strong My Love Is (with Tedeschi Trucks Band) (Live) (5:16)
09. Going Going Gone (with Tedeschi Trucks Band) (Live) (5:38 )
10. Lift Off (Live) (4:34)
11. Cognac (Live) (4:21)
12. Everything Is Broken (Live) (4:08 )
13. Every Day Is A Winding Road (with James Bay) (Live) (7:30)
14. Retrato (Live) (3:51)
15. B-Side (with Pedro Martins) (Live) (6:04)
16. Baby, Please Come Home (with Bonnie Raitt) (Live) (3:56)
17. I Shiver (Live) (5:55)
18. How Long (Live) (4:01)
19. Goodbye Carolina (Live) (4:21)
20. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (with Eric Clapton) (Live) (7:36)
21. Space For The Papa (Live) (2:11)
22. Big Block (Live) (5:02)
23. Caroline, No (Live) (2:36)
24. Cut Em Loose (Live) (4:38 )
25. Hold Back The River (Live) (6:04)
26. When We Were On Fire (Live) (8:02)
27. Mas Y Mas (Live) (5:11)
28. Am I Wrong? (Live) (3:05)
29. Slow Dancing In A Burning Room (Live) (4:01)
30. How Blue Can You Get? (Live) (5:58 )
31. Shame (Live) (7:16)
32. Is Your Love Big Enough (Live) (3:11)
33. I Say A Little Prayer (Live) (3:08 )
34. Feed The Babies (Live) (4:33)
35. I Got My Eyes On You (Locked & Loaded) (Live) (6:44)
36. Pearl Cadillac (Live) (4:41)
37. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down (with Albert Lee & Jerry Douglas) (Live) (3:16)
38. Tulsa Time (with Bradley Walker, Albert Lee & Jerry Douglas) (Live) (4:07)
39. Drifting Too Far From The Shore (with Vince Gill, Albert Lee & Jerry Douglas) (Live) (4:18 )
40. Badge (Live) (6:39)
41. Layla (with John Mayer & Doyle Bramhall II) (Live) (8:09)
42. Purple Rain (Live) (7:00)
43. High Time We Went (Live) (12:35)


Media Report:
Genre: blues, live, rock
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits