Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010, a 2-DVD set (also available on Blu-ray for the first time), will be available November 9.

Eric Clapton gathered an amazing line-up for the third Crossroads Guitar Festival this past summer at Chicago’s Toyota Park. The 11-hour celebration benefitted The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility Clapton founded to help people suffering from chemical dependence and attracted more than 27,000 people to the sold-out celebration.

Rhino Entertainment presents more than four hours of music, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage from this star-studded concert, including performances by Clapton, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Derek Trucks, B.B. King, and Bill Murray, who served as the concert’s master of ceremonies.

DVD highlights include an amazing take on Clapton’s “Lay Down Sally” by country star Vince Gill, “Angelina” by jazz guitarist Earl Klugh, and Jeff Beck’s soaring rendition of Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma.”

“The Crossroads Festival is the realization of a dream for me, to gather a group of amazingly talented musicians to perform on one stage,” Clapton said. “The Crossroads performers are all musicians I admire and respect.”

This 2-DVD set makes a great holiday gift for any music fan and would be perfect in any 2010 “Gift Guide.”

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