Gill plays at Clapton's Crossroads festival
John Mayer, ZZ Top, the Allman Brothers Band, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Sonny Landreth, Buddy Guy, James Burton, Albert Lee, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Earl Klugh and Jimmie Vaughan are also slated to play.
Gill also played at the inaugural event held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas in June 2004
Inn an article oin Gills' web site from the Boot, he said, ""At the time, I was questioning what I was doing and why things weren't connecting like they had at one point in my career. Then I got this call from Eric Clapton, who said, 'I'm only inviting people whose playing I admire and who I like."
"I thought man, here's one of the greatest musicians that ever lived who sees me for what I've always wanted to be seen. He sees me as a musician, and it made me feel like a musician when he said that. It gave me inspiration, confidence, and the freedom to go play and not worry about what anyone thought or said, or liked or didn't like."
"The Crossroads Festival is the realization of a dream for me, to gather a group of amazingly talented musicians and have them play on one stage," Clapton said. "The Crossroads performers are all musicians I admire and respect."
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CD reviews for Vince Gill
At this point in his career, Vince Gill could just as well have entitled this "Tried and True." He's not chasing trends - pop country or bro country - of chart-geared songs. He's too old for that, and at this point anyway, Gill knows what works for him.
And there is quite a lot that works on his first solo album since 2011's "Guitar Slinger." (He did release the excellent "Bakersfield" with Paul Franklin in 2013). Gill prefers a more soulful approach, ...
It's hard to believe, considering what Vince Gill has accomplished over the past three decades, but the triple threat singer-songwriter-guitar picker may be in the most creative, productive stretch of his lengthy, remarkable career. Five years after Gill's Grammy-winning 4-album 43-song box set "These Days," his latest 12-song release again finds Gill tapping every ounce of his immense talents. The title song sums up his reputation as an ax man worthy of playing Eric ...
To put this release into perspective, it would take Axl Rose the better half of a century to issue the same amount of material. Fortunately, Vince Gill is about as prolific as they come these days, and this daring four-disc release only is further proof of that. Each disc is divvied up depending on his mood, with the opening "Working On A Big Chill" album being "The Rockin' Record."
And this album sets things off right with the lovely mid-tempo and groovy title track. ...
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