"I've heard Eric Clapner, ... I think it was a wonderful thing that Eric Clapner the musician did...So I think that's the wonderful part about it, but listen - I like Eric Clapner!" -- Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, referring to Eric Clapton
Posted on 03/31/2007 11:23:51 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
Credited throughout his career with creating super sounds in super groups, the ultimate Clapton collaboration will take place July 28, 2007 when he gathers the past, present and future of guitar music onto one stage for an incredible full day musical event. Announced today, the second Crossroads Guitar Festival, scheduled for July 28, 2007 at Toyota Park in Chicago, will be a cornerstone of this year's summer music festival season. Profits from the Festival will benefit The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons.
Since its inception, Clapton's vision for the Crossroads Guitar Festival has been to create an event where his friends and contemporaries can have fun and jam together for the benefit of a good cause. This year's Festival will feature a full day of musical performances with once-in-a-lifetime guitar collaborations. Known as pioneers in their field, the roster of artists spans old and new, from BB King to John Mayer (anticipated guest list below). The audience can expect unrivaled entertainment, brilliant guitar work, surprise guests and impromptu jams that are the hallmarks of these performers.
The first Crossroads Guitar Festival, in June 2004 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, was an unprecedented collection of guitar icons from blues, rock and contemporary music. The sold-out show was chronicled in a 2-disc DVD that has since gone on to become one of the world's top-selling music DVD's, recently achieving the 8x platinum mark in the United States alone.
"The Crossroads Festival is the realization of a dream for me, to gather a group of amazingly talented musicians to perform on one stage," said Clapton. "The Crossroads performers are all musicians I admire and respect."
Additional Festival artists and elements to be announced shortly.
Ticket Sales Information Tickets for the Crossroads Guitar Festival will go on sale to the public on Saturday, March 31 at 10am Central Time (11am EST) via www.ticketmaster.com or Ticketmaster phone charge at 312-559-1950 or Ticketmaster retail outlets. Both reserved and general admission tickets will be available for this event. All tickets will be priced at $90 plus applicable ticketing/service charges. The ticket price includes parking for the day and the concert begins at NOON.
About Toyota Park Conveniently located just 15 minutes southwest of Downtown Chicago (at 71st and Harlem in Bridgeview), Toyota Park (www.toyotapark.com) is Chicagoland's newest and most exciting outdoor concert facility.
Current Artist Listing (Confirmed) 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
Sun Times had an article on it a couple of days ago.
"I've heard Eric Clapner, ... I think it was a wonderful thing that Eric Clapner the musician did...So I think that's the wonderful part about it, but listen - I like Eric Clapner!" -- Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, referring to Eric Clapton
This is why I don't go to concerts and movies. I'll buy CDs for as cheap as I possibly can and I only see movies when I rent them for as cheap as possible. I'm not willing to spend a decent percentage of my salary to support a bunch of Hollywood idiots that think other people care about their politics. It isn't just the majority liberals, the 0.0001% of them that are conservative need to shut their cake-holes, too. Their only purpose in life is entertain me when I watch their TV show or pop their CD/DVD into the player. I don't care to see or hear them in any other capacity. They don't have to go home but they can't stay here!
Yeah - we kive pretty close and we're thinking about going but I don't want spend money to hear these guys spew politics. I saw Clapton a few years ago and Cray about 10 years ago and both were real good.
I wish SRV was around to show them guys how to play.....
There's a lot of great musicians who are going to be there, but I would be hesitant to go because of their anti-American, liberal, politics, and I would never pay that kind of money to hear them spew it out in between songs!
That's what I'm wondering - the thing is that they usually go to the anti-American shit when they've lost confidence in their own talent and want to stretch their careers out a few more years (John Cougar, Green Day, Springsteen, Neil Young, etc.)
MSN is streaming the entire concert!
I watched it yesterday, and today (Sunday)it looks like they are still streaming it.
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