Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007

Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
Directed by Martyn Atkins
Cinematography Jürg V. Walther
Edited by William Bullen
Distributed by Rhino · Warner
Release date
  • November 28, 2007 (2007-11-28) (United States)
Running time
 240 minutes
Language English

Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 is the Rhino Entertainment and Warner Brothers release to the 2007 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival. The concert was recorded on July 28, 2007 at the Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. The recordings were released on both Compact Disc and DVD on November 28, 2007 in the United States. The CD and DVD releases sold more than two million copies worldwide and reached various international charts.

Background

All of the 28,000 concert ticket had been sold in less than 22 minutes, topping the international concert sales chart in May 2007.[1] All the ticket sales proceeds from the event as well as the CD and DVD sales proceeds goes directly to the Crossroads Foundation.[2] The actual amount of recording that was done throughout the whole concert day was eleven hours.[2] The events host was Bill Murray, who also played "Gloria" with Clapton at the beginning of the event.[2] Murray guided the viewers throughout the event, introduced artists and recalled a little bit of their impact on the American music scene. He also put on iconic outfits, that Clapton wore during his career: the suit and hair Clapton wore, when performing for the Rainbow Concert[3] in 1973 and being with the band Cream[4] throughout the 1960s.

Critical reception

AllMusic critic Hal Horowitz rates the release with four out of possible five stars and thinks that "Guitar is the operative word here, since all the participants are six-string players". Horowitz also rates the variety of music genres as superb and sums his review up by saying: "The DTS surround sound is superb, the camera work classy if occasionally too arty, and the top-notch presentation worthy of the high-quality music and artists involved".[5]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2008Primetime Emmy Awards[6]Outstanding Special ClassCrossroads Guitar Festival 2007Won

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. Introduction (Bill Murray)
  2. Uberesso (Sonny Landreth)
  3. Hell at Home (Sonny Landreth with Eric Clapton)
  4. Maharina (John McLaughlin)
  5. Rosie (Doyle Bramhall II)
  6. Outside Woman Blues (Doyle Bramhall II)
  7. Little by Little (Susan Tedeschi with The Derek Trucks Band)
  8. Anyday (The Derek Trucks Band)
  9. Highway 61 Revisited (Johnny Winter with The Derek Trucks Band)
  10. Nobodysoul (Robert Randolph & The Family Band)
  11. Poor Johnny (The Robert Cray Band)
  12. Dirty Work at the Crossroads (Jimmie Vaughan with The Robert Cray Band)
  13. Sitting on Top of the World (Hubert Sumlin with The Robert Cray Band & Jimmie Vaughan)
  14. Paying the Cost to Be the Boss (B.B. King with The Robert Cray Band with Jimmie Vaughan & Hubert Sumlin)
  15. Rock Me Baby (B.B. King with The Robert Cray Band with Jimmie Vaughan & Hubert Sumlin)
  16. Sweet Thing (Vince Gill)
  17. Country Boy (Albert Lee with Vince Gill)
  18. If It Makes You Happy (Sheryl Crow with Vince Gill & Albert Lee)
  19. Tulsa Time (Sheryl Crow with Eric Clapton, Vince Gill & Albert Lee)
  20. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Willie Nelson with Vince Gill & Albert Lee)
  21. On the Road Again (Willie Nelson with Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill & Albert Lee)

Disc 2

  1. Belief (John Mayer)
  2. Gravity (John Mayer)
  3. Don’t Worry Baby (Los Lobos)
  4. Mas y Mas (Los Lobos)
  5. Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers (Jeff Beck)
  6. Big Block (Jeff Beck)
  7. Tell the Truth (Eric Clapton feat. Derek Trucks)
  8. Little Queen of Spades (Eric Clapton feat. Derek Trucks)
  9. Isn't It a Pity (Eric Clapton)
  10. Who Do You Love? (Robbie Robertson with Eric Clapton)
  11. Presence of the Lord (Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton)
  12. Can't Find My Way Home (Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton)
  13. Had to Cry Today (Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton)
  14. Dear Mr. Fantasy (Steve Winwood)
  15. Crossroads (Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood)
  16. Mary Had a Little Lamb (Buddy Guy)
  17. Damn Right I’ve Got the Blues (Buddy Guy)
  18. Sweet Home Chicago (Buddy Guy with Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, John Mayer, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmie Vaughan & Johnny Winter)

Best Buy exclusive Bonus Disc 3

  1. Things Get Better
  2. Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?

Chart performance

Weekly DVD charts

Chart (2007–2012) Peak
position
Australian Music DVD (ARIA)[7] 13
Dutch Music DVD (MegaCharts)[8] 15
Finnish Music DVD (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 1
German Music DVD (Media Control)[10] 15
Italian Music DVD (FIMI)[11] 8
Japanese Music DVD (Oricon)[12] 24
Norwegian Music DVD (VG-lista)[13] 1
Swedish Music DVD (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 6
UK Music Video DVD (OCC)[15] 27

Year-end DVD Charts

Chart (2007) Position
Australian Music DVD (ARIA)[16] 42
Chart (2008) Position
Australian Music DVD (ARIA)[17] 43

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[18] Platinum 8,000^
Australia (ARIA)[19] Platinum 15,000^
France (SNEP)[20] Gold 10,100[20]
Germany (BVMI)[21] Gold 25,000^
United States (RIAA)[22] 6× Platinum 600,000^
Summaries
Worldwide (IFPI) 2,000,000[1]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 Turner-Heckfield, Amy Mary Gran (2008-02-16), The Complete Events – Music in 2007: A Musical Journey Through a Musical Time, New York City: Rosevelt Mary Evergreen
  2. 1 2 3 Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007, Where's Eric!, retrieved 2015-06-19
  3. ↑ Emcee Bill Murray – dressed as Eric Clapton at the Rainbow Concert 1973, Where's Eric!, retrieved 2015-06-19
  4. ↑ Emcee Bill Murray dressed as a Cream-era Eric Clapton, Where's Eric!, retrieved 2015-06-19
  5. ↑ Crossroads Guitar Festival: 2007 – Eric Clapton – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic, AllMusic Network, Rovi Corporation, retrieved 2015-06-19
  6. ↑ Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival, Chicago – Awards, Internet Movie Database, retrieved 2015-06-19
  7. ↑ "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Australia: Pandora Archives (962): 25. August 4, 2008. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Eric Clapton – Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 – Recorded Live July 28, 2007 Chicago [DVD] – dutchcharts.nl". MegaCharts (in Dutch). Steffen Hung (Hung Medien). Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 – Recorded Live July 28, 2007 Chicago (DVD)" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 – Recorded Live July 28, 2007 Chicago (DVD)" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Classifica settimanale WK 49". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). fimi.it. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ "クロスロード・ギター・フェスティヴァル 2007 | エリック・クラプトン | ORICON STYLE". Archived from the original on August 21, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  13. ↑ "VG-lista – DVD Audio uke 50, 2007" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Sveriges Officiella Topplista" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015. Note: Search for "Eric Clapton", then press "Sök" to see "Eric Clapton – CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL 2007" in the results. Then press "VISA" to show chart positions. Certification awards are only accessible with beta.
  15. ↑ "Official Music Video Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". The Official Charts Company. officialcharts.com. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 – Recorded Live July 28, 2007 Chicago (DVD) (2007)". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 – Recorded Live July 28, 2007 Chicago (DVD) (2008)". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  18. ↑ CAPIF Eric Clapton Certifications archived by UKMIX > Eric Clapton :: Charts & Sales History > Argentina: certifications > DVD. Retrieved 2015-06-19
  19. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 DVDs". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  20. 1 2 InfoDisc : Les Certifications (DVD) du SNEP en 2007, Info Disc.fr, archived from the original on November 18, 2015, retrieved 2015-06-19
  21. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Eric Clapton; 'Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  22. ↑ "American video certifications – Eric Clapton – Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH
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