These two songs, written by Robbie Robertson and recorded by The Band, are Clapton's tribute to Robertson, who was expected to be a part of Crossroads 2023. RIP Robbie, and thanks for all the great music!
Playing with Eric are:
Chris Stainton (keyboards)
If you know others, please put their names in the comments. I want to list everyone who played, but haven't had time work on it yet.
I have no ownership interest in this video. If you have a legal objection, please let me know and I'll take it down. If you object because you don't like the music, that's not my problem today. 😹
2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival - info from Festival organizers:
All 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 perform together for the benefit of a good cause.
The first Crossroads Guitar Festival, held June 2004 at the Cotton Bowl and State Fairgrounds in Dallas, was an unprecedented collection of guitar icons from blues, rock and contemporary music. The 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. The Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 and 2010 were the second and third such concerts by Clapton and were staged at Toyota Park in Chicago. Both Festivals were filmed for DVDs and also achieved multi-platinum status. The fourth Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2013 brought the world’s best guitar players to the world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden in New York and met with huge critical acclaim, similar to the most recent sold-out festival in 2019 that was held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, a return to the city that hosted the first-ever Crossroads Guitar Festival.
Founded in 1998, Crossroads Centre, Antigua was created to provide treatment and education to chemically and alcohol dependent persons, their families and their significant others. Treatment is provided through residential care, family and aftercare programs. The pathway to recovery is founded on the 12 steps and a change in lifestyle. Crossroads Centre, Antigua also operates a halfway house in Antigua called the Bevon House and facilitates various ongoing recovery initiatives on the island of Antigua and in the Caribbean. www.crossroadsantigua.org.
Heritage Auctions has an online auction beginning November 21, 2024.
tinyurl.com/XroadsAuction
25 сен 2023
