“I like to use the festival platform as a way of getting [musicians] to come and play to a big audience, maybe for the first time, I think it’s quite nice for the other musicians to meet them, too. I like cross-fertilization. I mean, that was a fascinating thing for me, the fantasy. And it worked.”
– ERIC CLAPTON
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The seventh edition of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival blazed into life over the weekend, with one of its strongest line-ups bringing firepower galore. First conceived in 1999, it’s been an opportunity for Clapton to celebrate the players he loves, all while raising funds for his Crossroads addiction recovery facility.