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Good, but could have been better

I like Clapton...I like Clapton as a guitarist, as a musician,I like his personality and I appreciate not only what he did for blues, but also his assemblying such a huge event. I also liked this DVD, but I can't help but think that this DVD could have been, or given the quality of the musicians performing, SHOULD have been better.

Everybody has got their own taste in music, so it's normal for one to ask questions like " Where is E.Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Al di Meola, Steve Morse, Joe Satriani, Gary Moore, Brian May, Eric Gales,Gales Bros, Walter Trout, Steve Lukather?" as the name of the festival is "Guitar Festival" and these names represent the meaning of "guitar" for many people, notwithstanding my respect for the guitar players who took part at the festival.

We have legends like , Santana, Robert Cray, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, John Mac Laughlin, BB King, Jeff Beck(was he there actually?) and Buddy Guy and that's wonderful, but they are covered for only one song each (Jam sessions do not count), and they definitely deserved more coverage than some of the others, such as the ones singing about what they like about Oklahoma girls, why they prefer the Oklahoma girls over the Texas girls, what the cowgirls do and the consequential results, etc...

We have great non-guitarist musicians, or should I say legends in their own field of interest like Dennis Chambers, Donald Dunn and Steve Gadd playing at the festival, which is great, but unfortunately they didn't get noteworthy spotlight (check out Dennis Chambers' solo during John mc Laughlin's set, we can see anything, including ladies with sexy outfits, but we can't see the solo of the best drummer in the world, perfect camera selection(!)) Probably the person who edited this DVD does not know who these guys are, and he should have known better!!

Overall,a good and an enjoyable performance, and a good DVD, but not without shortcomings..