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| Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival Concert The just-announced additions of Robbie Robertson, Johnny Winter and event host Bill Murray have just made this historic event - Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival Concert - even more memorable for those fans lucky enough to attend this sold out show. As previously released, the Festival will now also feature a Guitar Village. The Village will be comprised of interactive guitar exhibits, hands-on demonstrations and classic guitars on display. In a rare historic showing, three of the world's most infamous originals – Eric Clapton's "Blackie, " his Gibson "335" guitar and Clapton/Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Lenny" will be showcased thanks to the efforts of Guitar Center which will be ensuring that the renowned guitars, purchased in 2004 with $2.4 million dollar charity donation to The Crossroads Centre, make it safely to their destination. In addition, fans can get the first glimpse of the brand-new Fender limited edition "Eric Clapton Crossroads Stratocaster". Designed by Clapton himself, Fender will make only 100 of the custom pieces for sale, with all money going to the Crossroads Centre, Antigua. These exhibits, plus other participants including Ernie Ball and Harman Music's DigiTech/DigiTruck, will be open to the public in the concourse starting at 9:00 a.m. A significant number of tickets, just released by the festival's production team, will now be available for this previously sold-out event. These tickets can be purchased beginning Friday, July 20th at 4:00pm at the Toyota Park box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 312-559-1212. There is a 4-ticket limit per purchase. Both full-view and limited-view tickets will be available for sale. About Toyota Park: Conveniently located just 15 minutes southwest of Downtown Chicago (at 71st and Harlem in Bridgeview), Toyota Park (www.toyotapark.com) is Chicagoland's newest and most exciting outdoor concert facility. CURRENT ARTIST LISTING CONFIRMED: Jeff Beck, Doyle Bramhall II, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, BB King, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Sonny Landreth, Albert Lee, Los Lobos, John Mayer, John McLaughlin, Willie Nelson, Robert Randolph & The Family Band,Robbie Robertson, Hubert Sumlin, The Derek Trucks Band, Jimmie Vaughan,Johnny Winter, Steve Winwood. Founded in 1997, Crossroads Centre, Antigua was created to provide treatment and education to chemically dependent persons, those with other compulsive addictive behaviors, their families and significant others. Treatment is provided through residential care, family and aftercare programs. The pathway to recovery is founded on the movement toward a change in lifestyle. Crossroads Centre, Antigua also operates a 16 bed halfway-house called The Bevon House (exclusively for local Antiguan residents) and facilitates a school-based education series, Breaking the Cycle, in all local schools. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |