dkp Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Has anyone purchased Eric Clapton's latest "Crossroads Guitar Festival" yet? I haven't, but it looks like one that will need to find a way into my collection soon! A brief description (from the Amazon site): In June 2004, some of the greatest living guitar players and their bands gathered at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, for a three-day festival to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. It was the ultimate concert for any music lover, featuring one legend after the other: Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy, Eric Johnson, James Taylor, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Walsh, John Mayer, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Santana, ZZ Top, and many more. This 2-DVD set beautifully documents the event and contains over 4 hours of content. Planned extras include in-depth artist interviews, a mini-documentary, photo gallery, alternate angle, and more. Royalties from the DVD sales will benefit the Crossroads Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 RUN!and get this dvd,I'm watching it right now and it far exceeded my expectations.Video is great,AUDIO is great,line-up is outstanding and sets are first rate.I got all the other Clapton concerts and this one puts all of them together to shame. I know this is a glowing review but when a dvd concert exceeds my expectations this much I tend to get pretty excited.Its about as close to a guitar lovers dream concert as I've seen on video.On a scale of 1-10 its a solid 9.5(and thats sayin' alot). If you follow alot of concerts you will see many faces you recognize,some maybe not but you may recognize the song instead. Lastly this is a great tribute to the true blues men that started it all way back when and follows the progression to modern day rock/blues.Several thumbs up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkp Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 Fish-thanks for the reply. I think I'll put this one on my Christmas list. I didn't see the audio options-do you happen to recall? (DTS, DD, etc) David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 I did watch it on PBS,.....and it was awesome what they showed...about 2 hours worth.... How much is the DVD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkp Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 About $20 on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 how long is it? I mean do they show more then what PBS showed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkp Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 ---------------- On 12/8/2004 9:42:48 PM dkp wrote: Has anyone purchased Eric Clapton's latest "Crossroads Guitar Festival" yet? I haven't, but it looks like one that will need to find a way into my collection soon! A brief description (from the Amazon site): In June 2004, some of the greatest living guitar players and their bands gathered at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, for a three-day festival to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. It was the ultimate concert for any music lover, featuring one legend after the other: Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy, Eric Johnson, James Taylor, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Walsh, John Mayer, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Santana, ZZ Top, and many more. This 2-DVD set beautifully documents the event and contains over 4 hours of content . Planned extras include in-depth artist interviews, a mini-documentary, photo gallery, alternate angle, and more. Royalties from the DVD sales will benefit the Crossroads Center. ---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 The audio is 2/5.1 DD and DTS,I'm guessing about 3hrs of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 Thanks.... This is on my buy list as well as Martin Scorese(sp) The Blues..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrake Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 Has anyone listened to his recently released SACD versions of Slowhand and 461 Ocean Blvd? Wondering how the mix turned out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 I have the older dts version of 461,it sounds very good compared to the cd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted December 12, 2004 Moderators Share Posted December 12, 2004 Fish is right watched it last night, VERY GOOD. The outside of the box says Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround but when you play it it also gives you the choice of DTS which is what i used last night. The sound and picture is as good or better as any i have and it is not just a concert they interview almost everyone that plays , it is almost like a story about the blues. I can't belive how good it is the talent can't be beat. Even if you arent crazy about the blues it is worth having just for the talent on guitars and some of these people are old and this may be the last record of them playing at least together. Almost forgot it is a 2 disk set and not just music on one and extras on the other. ok i will stop talking now, just was very suprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popbumper Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Also caught it on PBS, surfing HD channels one night; the color and presentation were very good, and of course, the artists were outstanding. I saw Eric, ZZ Top, and Robert Cray. Fun stuff!! Popbumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 agreed, saw it on PBS as well this past weekend and thought it was excellent, a worthy investment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 ZZ top was awesome....I was amazed at their playing....they still got the moves even after all these years.... Also that 12 string table slide guitar musician was very good.... Gonna have to check out more of his stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelman Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 This dvd was very good. I thank everyone for their input on this in helping me purchase this gem of a collectors item. This is why I own Klipsch. This concert spans alot of ground. There has to be at least one song between both disc that will just totally inspire, and move you. If not you better check your pulse, and see if your still alive. I have much respect for every musician on the list. Robert Cray and Robert Randolph also Vishwa Mohan Bhatt now have a new fan. Years of inpiration. Thank you all, and the money goes for a great cause to help people kick alchohol. The money paid is worth it just to have ZZtop do "La Grange" in DTS. Fish do you have any idea what brand of guitar amplifier those little combos ZZ were using? TONE TO THE BONE!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkp Posted December 17, 2004 Author Share Posted December 17, 2004 wheelman-I happened into another Klipsch dealer the other day and they had this dvd going. Joe Walsh was doing his "Rocky Mountain Way." They didn't have it playing on Klipsch speakers (using Mirage-never heard of them) but the video looked fantastic! I am definitely putting this one in my collection-just need to wait to see what Mrs. dkp brings for Christmas. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shmoe Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 $19.95 + free shipping = DeepDiscountDVD.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelman Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 ---------------- On 12/17/2004 5:36:34 PM dkp wrote: wheelman-I happened into another Klipsch dealer the other day and they had this dvd going. Joe Walsh was doing his "Rocky Mountain Way." They didn't have it playing on Klipsch speakers (using Mirage-never heard of them) but the video looked fantastic! I am definitely putting this one in my collection-just need to wait to see what Mrs. dkp brings for Christmas. David ---------------- I hear ya hopefully Mrs. dkp will too so you get what you want for Christmas. Thanks for mentioning this dvd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 saw it on PBS a couple of weeks ago...sweeettt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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