Guitar Gods, Far From Dead

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Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival came to Madison Square Garden last night and it was tremendous.

Here are some highlights, with Keith Urban and John Mayer doing The Beatles’ “Don’t Let Me Down.” It was 40 years ago this week that Paul McCartney walked out on the Beatles.

And here’s Clapton, B.B. King, Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughn doing “Every Day I Have the Blues.”

Other highlights included Clapton doing an acoustic “Lay Down Sally” and Taj Mahal fronting The Allman Brothers Band for “Statesboro Blues”

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Written by Adam Zagoria

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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.