Eric Clapton instituted the Crossroads Guitar Festival in 1999 as a way to raise funds for his Crossroads Centre Antigua, a rehab facility he founded in 1998. Over the next 14 years, the Crossroads Guitar Festival became a semi-regular thing, always featuring a Slowhand-curated crop of guitarists. Barring the 1999 fest, each of these years -- 2004, 2007, 2010, and 2013 -- were recorded and released as CDs and DVDs, which makes the 2016 triple-disc Crossroads Revisited: Selections from the Crossroads Guitar Festivals a sampler of these particular records. Although Jeff Beck relies heavily on his 1989 album Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, there are no surprises either in artists or song selections, although the execution can occasionally take a left turn; ZZ Top's heavy, churning "Waiting for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago" is entirely instrumental. Time has shifted the tenor of some of the selections, too: B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, and J.J. Cale have all passed since their appearances at Crossroads, so their presence carries some poignancy. Generally, though, this is big, bright shiny stadium guitar music, a proud showcase for chops whose interest relies entirely on how much the listener likes blues-based rock guitar solos. There are some exceptions to this rule -- Sheryl Crow was here to sing country songs in 2010, while 2004 saw Vince Gill and Jerry Douglas stop by and Joe Walsh playing "Steam Roller" with James Taylor, but this is a place where John Mayer and Gary Clark, Jr. are the new guns -- although this festival was designed so that Albert Lee, Derek Trucks, Robert Cray, Beck, and Clapton himself could stretch out, which they do repeatedly. Not necessarily performances for the ages but solid all the same.
Drums Of Passion (with Eric Clapton) [Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Dallas, TX, 2004] (2016 Remaster)
カルロス・サンタナ
00:07:38
11
Cause We've Ended as Lovers (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2007) (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2010; 2016 Remaster)
ジェフ・ベック
00:03:55
12
Have You Ever Loved a Woman (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Dallas, TX, 2004) (2016 Remaster)
Little By Little (with the Derek Trucks Band) [Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2007] (2016 Remaster)
スーザン・テデスキ
00:05:21
2
Poor Johnny (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Dallas, TX, 2007) (2016 Remaster)
ザ・ロバート・クレイ・バンド
00:05:54
3
Paying The Cost To Be The Boss (with the Robert Cray Band, Jimmie Vaughan & Hubert Sumlin) [Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2007] (2016 Remaster)
B.B.キング
00:04:01
4
Tulsa Time (with Eric Clapton, Vince Gill & Albert Lee) (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2007; 2016 Remaster)
シェリル・クロウ
00:03:44
5
On The Road Again (with Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill & Albert Lee) [Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2007] [Live; 2016 Remaster] (2016 Remaster)
Willie Nelson
00:02:13
6
Isn't It A Pity (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2007) (2016 Remaster)
Eric Clapton
00:06:01
7
Belief (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2007) (2016 Remaster)
ジョン・メイヤー
00:05:58
8
Mas Y Mas (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2007) (2016 Remaster)
ロス・ロボス
00:05:56
9
Big Block (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2007) (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2010; 2016 Remaster)
Waiting for the Bus / Jesus Just Left Chicago Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2010] (2016 Remaster)
ZZ TOP
00:07:21
13
Don't Owe You a Thang (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2010; 2016 Remaster)
ゲイリー・クラーク Jr.
00:03:43
14
Bright Lights (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2010; 2016 Remaster)
ゲイリー・クラーク Jr.
00:07:24
Disc 3
1
Our Love Is Fading (with Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II & Gary Clark Jr.) (Live; 2016 Remaster)
シェリル・クロウ
00:06:37
2
Lay Down Sally (with Sheryl Crow, Keb' Mo', Albert Lee, James Burton, & Earl Klugh) (Live; 2016 Remaster)
Vince Gill
00:05:11
3
Space Captain (with Warren Haynes, David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas & Chris Stainton) (Live; 2016 Remaster)
デレク・トラックス
00:05:35
4
Hammerhead (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2010; 2016 Remaster)
ジェフ・ベック
00:04:37
5
Five Long Years (with Jonny Lang & Ronnie Wood) [Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2010] (2016 Remaster)
バディ・ガイ
00:06:37
6
Hear My Train a Comin' (Live; 2016 Remaster)
ドイル・プラムホールII
00:03:23
7
Dear Mr. Fantasy (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2010) (2016 Remaster)
Eric Clapton
00:07:08
8
Born Under a Bad Sign (with Steve Crooper, Keb' Mo', Blake Mills, Matt "Guitar" Murphy & Albert Lee) (Live; 2016 Remaster)
ブッカー・T
00:05:10
9
Everyday I Have The Blues (with B.B. King, Eric Clapton & Jimmie Vaughan) [Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, New York, NY, 2013] (2016 Remaster)
ザ・ロバート・クレイ・バンド
00:04:37
10
Please Come Home (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, New York, NY, 2013) (2016 Remaster)
ゲイリー・クラーク Jr.
00:06:33
11
Tumbling Dice (with Keith Urban & Albert Lee) [Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, New York, NY, 2013] (2016 Remaster)
Vince Gill
00:05:11
12
I Shot the Sheriff (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, Bridgeview, IL, 2010) (2016 Remaster)
Eric Clapton
00:08:25
13
Crossroads (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival, New York, NY, 2013) (2016 Remaster)
Eric Clapton
00:04:51
アルバム·レビュー
Eric Clapton instituted the Crossroads Guitar Festival in 1999 as a way to raise funds for his Crossroads Centre Antigua, a rehab facility he founded in 1998. Over the next 14 years, the Crossroads Guitar Festival became a semi-regular thing, always featuring a Slowhand-curated crop of guitarists. Barring the 1999 fest, each of these years -- 2004, 2007, 2010, and 2013 -- were recorded and released as CDs and DVDs, which makes the 2016 triple-disc Crossroads Revisited: Selections from the Crossroads Guitar Festivals a sampler of these particular records. Although Jeff Beck relies heavily on his 1989 album Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, there are no surprises either in artists or song selections, although the execution can occasionally take a left turn; ZZ Top's heavy, churning "Waiting for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago" is entirely instrumental. Time has shifted the tenor of some of the selections, too: B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, and J.J. Cale have all passed since their appearances at Crossroads, so their presence carries some poignancy. Generally, though, this is big, bright shiny stadium guitar music, a proud showcase for chops whose interest relies entirely on how much the listener likes blues-based rock guitar solos. There are some exceptions to this rule -- Sheryl Crow was here to sing country songs in 2010, while 2004 saw Vince Gill and Jerry Douglas stop by and Joe Walsh playing "Steam Roller" with James Taylor, but this is a place where John Mayer and Gary Clark, Jr. are the new guns -- although this festival was designed so that Albert Lee, Derek Trucks, Robert Cray, Beck, and Clapton himself could stretch out, which they do repeatedly. Not necessarily performances for the ages but solid all the same.