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| Martha |
FYI!
Is anyone from the board going to attend this event?
Entertainment �06/03/2004��10:30:51�EST
Eric Clapton to Host Guitar Festival
DALLAS - Eric Clapton will host a three-day festival this weekend featuring 60 guitarists, including B.B. King, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Joe Walsh, J.J. Cale, Bo Diddley, James Taylor, Jimmie Vaughan and Vince Gill.
More than two years in the making, the event is "the biggest undertaking we've ever done," said Peter Jackson, Clapton's tour manager since 1978. "It just got bigger and bigger and bigger. It's a celebration of the guitar," he said.
Proceeds go to Crossroads Centre, the nonprofit drug and alcohol rehabilitation center Clapton founded on the Caribbean island of Antigua, where he maintains a residence.
The festival also offers hands-on guitar clinics, interactive manufacturer exhibits and a display of guitars from the Eric Clapton & Friends personal collections that will be sold at a June 24 Christie's auction benefiting Crossroads.
The Crossroads festival, which will be held at Dallas Fair Park and Cotton Bowl Stadium, coordinates with the start of Clapton's U.S. tour, which begins June 9 in Oklahoma City.
Clapton, 59, who himself overcame a drug and alcohol addiction in the 1970s, underwrote the $6.5 million, 36-bed treatment center in 1997 with promises of turning away no one in need.
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On the Net:
http://www.crossroadsguitarfestival.org
http://www.claptononline.com/
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| jb |
Thanks Martha. |
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| Main Offender |
Where's Keith?  |
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| PolkSalad |
quote:
WildBillGrover wrote:
Unfortunately, Otis Rush had to cancel because he's in poor health.
Sun 06/06/04 "Crossroads Guitar Festival"
Sun 06/06/04 B.B. King
Sun 06/06/04 Bo Diddley
Sun 06/06/04 Booker T. & The MG's
Sun 06/06/04 Brian May
Sun 06/06/04 Buddy Guy
Sun 06/06/04 Carlos Santana
Sun 06/06/04 David Hidalgo
Sun 06/06/04 Eric Clapton
Sun 06/06/04 James Taylor
Sun 06/06/04 Jeff Beck
Sun 06/06/04 Jimmie Vaughan
Sun 06/06/04 Joe Walsh
Sun 06/06/04 John McLaughlin
Sun 06/06/04 Larry Carlton
Sun 06/06/04 Neal Schon
Sun 06/06/04 Pat Metheny
Sun 06/06/04 Sonny Landreth
Sun 06/06/04 Steve Vai
Sun 06/06/04 The Robert Cray Band
Sun 06/06/04 Vince Gill
Sun 06/06/04 ZZ Top
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| Bloozehound |
where's jj cale ? |
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| UGot2Rollme |
Vince Gill? huh?
actually sounds like a good time - if I were in the Lone Star state, I'd certainly be there catching a major league buzz for the benefit of EC's drug & alcohol rehab center! |
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| Jumping Jack |
I have tix to see EC in 2 weeks. Really looking forward to it. |
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