September 2010 \ Features \ Field Report \ Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010

Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010

Rebecca Dirks & Chris Kies, Photos by Chris Kies

Premier Guitar braves record-breaking temperatures to take you inside the year’s hottest blues gathering—Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival.
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A packed finale stage: (left to right) Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, James Burton, Joe Bonamassa,
Jimmie Vaughan, Susan Tedeschi, Eric Clapton, Keb’ Mo’ (background), Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter,
Robert Cray, B.B. King, Jonny Lang, Ronnie Wood, Hubert Sumlin, Steve Winwood, Vince Gill,
Sonny Landreth, Cesar Rosas, Robert Randolph, and David Hidalgo.


Sheryl Crow, Doyle Bramhall II, bassist Tommy Sims, and Gary Clark Jr. welcome surprise-guest
Eric Clapton for a tune during their mid-day set.


Jonny Lang, Buddy Guy, and Ronnie Wood laugh their way offstage following a great
cross-generational performance.


After his set had already ended, Eric Clapton returns to the stage with Jimmie Vaughan (not pictured)
and Robert Cray before being joined by the legendary B.B. King.


Eric Clapton plays a daphne blue signature Strat through a tweed Fender ’57 Twin-Amp
reissue for his 90-minute set.


John Mayer’s Dumble Steel String Singer and Two-Rock John Mayer Signature heads.


Susan Tedeschi—one of only two featured female performers at Crossroads (Sheryl Crow was the other).


Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Cray, Eric Clapton, and B.B. King play an extended set before the finale, with
much of the time going to King’s jokes and stories.


Jeff Beck’s amps: two Fender Pro Juniors and a Marshall JCM 2000
Super Lead powering two Marshall 4x12 cabs.


Beck plays his Olympic White signature Stratocaster during his solo set.


Bill Murray (right) reprises his host role, alternating between hilarious and
thankful, much to Clapton’s amusement.


ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons (left) plays his Gretsch Billy Bo Jupiter for a hard-rocking set before the
band leaves for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where they play Summerfest.


Derek Trucks’ amps, two PRS Dallas heads on top of a PRS 4x12 cabinet (left), and
Warren Haynes’ César Diaz CD-100 and Soldano SLO-100 heads atop a 4x12 (center).

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Gregory
on 11/26/2012 		re: Greg, Ya I was wondering the same thing. Seems to me if they're going to build a detox center in Antigua for rich kids then I would expect to get a share in the venture with my ticket.
Bryan Cee
on 12/19/2011 		It's too bad John Mayer was there.
Greg
on 09/16/2010 		I've been thinking about this charity. Not to question anyone's good intentions but I assume going to Antigua to "clean up" isn't an option for your average junkie. So, is this benefit to help rich people detox? Isn't that like passing the hat to help Donald Trump's daughter go to college?

Just wondering...
dennisl59
on 09/06/2010 		Missing in action were Eric Johnson and Jennifer Batton. Instead we suffered though Sheryl Crowe and Citizen Dope. WTF Eric?
Nancy Bender
on 09/03/2010 		Ryan has had fans from show one. The first time you watch & hear & feel his music, you're hooked if you have any soul at all. It is entwined with his surging emotion, enormous God-sent talent, and the contemporary twists he is known for. Ryan McGarvey speaks Les Paul Blues. - NM Entertainment
Craig
on 09/03/2010 		Not only is Buddy Guy a great great guitarists...he's a Beautiful Human being. The world needs MORE Buddy Guys
Neil Meharg
on 08/17/2010 		Ryan is the real deal, have been watching him play since High School and he gets better everytime I see him, he is well on his way and we wish him only the best



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