TCB
By Christopher Gray, Fri., June 11, 2004
Six Strings Down
Seven memorable guitar solos from the Crossroads Fest.
Billy F. Gibbons, "Tush"
Steve Cropper, "Hip Hug-Her"
James Burton, "That's All Right Mama"
Sonny Curtis, "I Fought the Law"
Joe Walsh, "Walk Away"
Hubert Sumlin, "Killing Floor"
Vince Gill, "Oklahoma Borderline"
Battle Hymn
Three instances of the outside world coming to the Crossroads Guitar Festival.
Yahoos in the crowd heckling Indian picker Vishwa Mohan Bhatt ("This sucks!"), whose dizzying 10-minute turn on his 36-string Dobro/sitar hybrid was easily Sunday's most exotic moment
Doyle Dykes, formerly of Elvis' backing gospel group J.D. Sumner & the Stamps, prefacing his and Marty Stuart, James Burton, and Jedd Hughes' Sunday clinic with a stirring "Battle Hymn of the Republic" in honor of Ronald Reagan
Triple Crown favorite Smarty Jones drawing as big a crowd to the SBC Lounge's flat-screen TVs for Saturday's Belmont Stakes (which he sadly lost) as Jeff "Skunk" Baxter's nearby clinic
