Grace Bowers | Eric Clapton's Crossroads 2023 Guitar Festival

Backstage at Eric Clapton's 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival, Grace Bowers walks us through her vintage 1961 Gibson SG and tells us about performing at the Crossroads Festival and the impact of hearing B.B. King for the first time.

Chapters
00:00 - Intro with Grace Bowers
00:27 - Grace’s Crossroads Guitar Festival Experience
00:54 - Grace Walks Us Through her 1961 Gibson SG
01:33 - B.B. King and the Blues: Grace’s Biggest Inspiration
02:12 - Grace Bowers Plays Robbie Robertson’s Gibson Les Paul
02:37 - Grace on “The Weight” and it’s Power to Unify the Masses
03:24 - Outro

[dk]

Here we are in '24: "I heard BB King one day..." Legends live on forever. What an amazing young woman.

[Incognito_alien]

Thank God for young people like this, keeping music alive.

[guyb]

she gives me hope. I know I'm not alone in that sentiment.

[fullsamadhi]

Our future is in good hands if we have people like Grace at the helm. Wow! I love her playing and her generosity of spirit. Go Grace!

[drb]

Wow, her playing is beyond her years!!! The blues will go on with youngsters like this!

[tommcgeethree]

I have a 17 year old granddaughter who while she's an artist, she's not a musician. But her demeanor reminds of her. I'm a guitarist for over 50 years. So I appreciate good musicians . Good luck my dear.

[titichartay]

What a lovely & talented young woman with a great social consciousness &respect & love of music history. Someone to watch & support !

[dckr]

Thank God we have young people like this to save the world

[brentperez]

I was no where near that mature at 17. I love the fact that she knows her history and appreciates the legends of the blues, and plays P90’s. I look forward to hearing more from her.

[danielschillinger]

She's an absolutely badass guitar player 🔥❤️🔥🤙

[francinecorry]

This is great to see.Keep the Blues Alive young lady.

[TheRange]

I knew when she said she heard BB and that got her interested, she was gonna be a star. 17 and she's rockin a 61 SG already. That is so awesome. First time I ever heard of her. Wishing you a great long and successful career Grace. Just the fact that you mentioned BB, Carlos, and Joe tells me I'm a fan of yours already. Cheers young lady.

[arsenios]

" I heard B.B. King one day...."...that's THE phrase that summarises each and every rock 'n' roll trip ever taken.

[SeanOHanlon]

I first saw a video posted on Reddit of Grace playing guitar a couple years ago. I knew that she was talented back then but now she is phenomenal.
I truly hope she has an amazing career and I can't wait to start hearing original songs from her.

[steveedwards]

I've been following Grace for a while. It's awesome watching her get better by leaps and bounds. She was born for this. I swear I hear Roy Buchanan reincarnated sometimes.

[doobd]

You are an amazing inspiration. At 17 to have the depth and soul of the blues gives this old picker some hope for generations to come. Peace be with you

[leslieirvine]

Wowww Grace is such a naturally gifted guitarist, a breath of pure, fresh air and a grounded young lady. I sincerely hope she goes onto musical greatness and truly establishes herself, in the world 🌎 of blues, blues-rock music. 👏🤞🙏🤟🎸🌟

[kathif]

It is awesome that you got this opportunity and I am envious something I always wanted to do and how knowledgeable you are at 17 I am 62 I hope you follow your dreams and flourish. We need to keep the blues alive and always pay if forward as you just mentioned you did stay true to your heart and you will do great things. ❤

[jerryhollis]

Hearing this young lady invoke B.B made my heart swell.

[etm]

Love seeing an electric guitar being played with fingers instead of a pick, so cool 😎