ERIC CLAPTON ANNOUNCES
UPDATED TALENT LINEUP FOR CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL

Dallas, Texas – Eric Clapton today announced an updated event schedule for the spectacular three-day Crossroads Guitar Festival, June 4-6, 2004, at Fair Park and Cotton Bowl Stadium. The event will include continual concerts and once-in-a-lifetime guitar clinics by the world's leading artists.

The weekend will feature the Guitar Center Village including a display of guitars donated from Eric Clapton & Friends' personal collections for the forthcoming June 24 Christie's auction with proceeds benefiting the Crossroads Centre, the Hard Rock Café's “50 years of American Rock and Roll” display, interactive booths from leading guitar manufacturers, and the “buy-sell-trade” Vintage Showcase. The weekend includes concerts and clinics -- schedule below:

CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL CONCERTS AND CLINICS
TALENT LINE-UP

Friday, June 4, the Guitar Center Village, located on the grounds of Fair Park, will open to the public at 4:00pm. Guitar clinics and concert performances follow:

• 4:00pm - Fairgrounds Open to the Public Including Clinics and Live Performances
  
• 4:30pm – 5:30pm - Paul Reed Smith clinic at the Sirius Stage
  
• 5:45pm – 6:45pm - Chris Poland's OHM at the Sirius Stage
  
• 7:00pm – 8:00pm - Acoustic clinic with Doyle Dykes, Peter Huttlinger, Laurence Juber and guests at the Ernie Ball stage
  
• 8:00pm – 9:00pm - Blues clinic with Honey Boy Edwards, Robert Lockwood Jr., Duke Robillard and Bob Glaub at the Sirius Stage
  

Saturday, June 5, the Guitar Center Village will open to the public at 10:00am. The day's events include guitar clinics and live performances on the fairgrounds:

• 10:00am - FAIRGROUNDS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
• 10:00am – 11:00am - Jay Gordan at the Ernie Ball Stage
• 11:00am – 12:00pm - Styx with special guests at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 11:30am – 12:30pm - Slide Guitar Clinic with Luther Tatum at the Ernie Ball Stage
• 12:00pm – 1:30pm - Shredders clinic with Nuno Bettencourt, George Lynch and Tony Franklin at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 1:30pm – 2:00pm - Del Castillo at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 1:30pm – 2:00pm - Nishat Khan at the Ernie Ball Stage
• 2:00pm – 3:00pm - Memento at the Sirius Stage
• 2:30pm – 4:00pm - Guitarmageddon at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 3:00pm – 4:30pm - Guitar Pull with Buck Page, Norm Stephens, Sonny Curtis, Ramblin' Jack Elliot and at the Ernie Ball Stage
• 4:00pm – 4:30pm - Jonny Lang at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 4:30pm – 5:30pm - Fender presents Roscoe Beck, Greg Koch, and John Calarco featuring Mike Cross at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 5:30pm – 6:30pm - Jeff “Skunk” Baxter clinic at the Sirius Stage
• 5:30pm – 6:00pm - Eric Johnson at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 6:00pm – 6:30pm - Vishwa Mohan Bhatt at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 6:30pm – 7:00pm - Dan Tyminski at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 7:00pm – 7:30pm - Doyle Bramhall II at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 7:30pm – 8:00pm - J.J. Cale at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 8:00pm – 8:30pm - John Mayer at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 8:30pm – 9:00pm - Robert Randolph at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage
• 9:00pm – 10:30pm - All Star Blues Jam hosted by Eric Clapton with Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph and Jimmie Vaughan at the Guitar Center Village Main Stage

Sunday, June 6, the Guitar Center Village will open to the public at 10:00am and remain open through the remainder of the day, followed that afternoon by the spectacular culmination of the festival with an 11-hour concert at the Cotton Bowl:

• 10:00am - FAIRGROUNDS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
• 11:00am – 12:00pm - Johnny A at the Ernie Ball Stage
• 12:30pm – 2:00pm - Pickers' Corner with Marty Stuart, James Burton, Doyle Dykes, Jedd Hughes and guests at the Sirius stage
• 2:30pm – 3:30pm - Fender Presents Roscoe Beck, Greg Koch and John Calarco Clinic at the Sirius Stage
• 3:30pm – 4:30pm - Marc Seal Clinic at the Ernie Ball Stage
• 5:00pm – 6:00pm - Gman Clinic at the Ernie Ball Stage
• 11:50am - COTTON BOWL CONCERT BEGINS
• 11:50am - Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain
• 12:10pm - Steve Vai and his band
• 12:30pm - Sonny Landreth
• 1:00pm - Larry Carlton and his Band
• 1:30pm - Pat Metheny Trio
• 2:00pm - John McLaughlin
• 2:30pm - Robert Cray Band
• 3:00pm - Jimmie Vaughan
• 3:20pm - Hubert Sumlin with guest vocalist David Johansen
• 3:40pm - Booker T and the MGs
• 3:50pm - Bo Diddley
• 4:00pm - David Hidalgo
• 4:30pm - Joe Walsh
• 5:00pm - Vince Gill with Jerry Douglas
• 5:30pm - James Taylor and his band
• 6:00pm - Buddy Guy with Tilt-a-Whirl
• 6:30pm - B.B. King with Tilt-a-Whirl
• 7:00pm - Carlos Santana
• 8:00pm - Eric Clapton
• 9:20pm - Jeff Beck with Eric Clapton
• 9:45pm - ZZ Top
• 10:30pm - Finale with ZZ Top, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton