Yesterday, Eric Clapton headlined the second and final night of his Crossroads Guitar Festival, the long-running benefit show he staged at Austin, TX’s Moody Center this year. In addition to Clapton, Sunday’s lineup also featured Sonny Landreth, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tommy Emmanuel, CGP, Julian Lage, Del McCoury Band, Sierra Hull, Jerry Douglas, Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’, Robert Randolph, Eric Gales, Jimmie Vaughan, Marcus King, Joe Bonamassa, Doyle Bramhall II, Charlie Sexton, Elle Bramhall, Susannah Melvoin, Trey Anastasio, John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr., Alam Khan and John McLaughlin, most of whom performed in unique configurations.

Near the end of his show, Slowhand invited out John McLaughlin and Kurt Rosenwinkel for T‐Bone Walker’s “Call It Stormy Monday but Tuesday Is Just as Bad” and J.J. Cale’s “Cocaine,” which he has long adopted as his own, before welcoming back most of the day’s performers for The Alabama State Troupers’ “Going Down.” It was just one of many eye-opening moments. Earlier in the day, Del McCoury Band performed alongside Hull and Douglas while King brought out a number of special guests throughout his set, including Hull on “Levi’s & Goodbyes” and Bonamassa for “How Many More Times.” Tedeschi and Trucks also joined him for a performance of Gabe Lee’s “Honky Tonk Hell” and Blind Faith’s “Had to Cry Today,” while his father Marvin King added some extra guitar on “Blue Ridge Mountain Moon.” Likewise, Khan sat in with Trucks and Tedeschi during their duo interlude for “Hold That Line” and Randolph and Gales offered a collaborative sequence.

For many the highlight was Anastasio’s unique performance block. Doyle Bramhall II and his band backed the Phish guitarist on mostly mid-period and latter-day material like “46 Days,” “Everything’s Right,” “Sand,” “What’s Going Through Your Mind” and “Ghost,” with Mayer emerging for the final two selections.

Likewise, Saturday’s festivities boasted a cross-generational mix of guitar-centric acts, including Clapton, Sonny Landreth, Ben Haggard, Will Johns, Bonamassa, Gales, King, Daniel Santiago, Pedro Martins, Julian Lage, Anastasio, Laughlin, Dirk & Amelia Powell, Brothers of the Heart, Jerry Douglas, Jimmie Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Billy F Gibbons, Sierra Hull, Bramhall, Charlie Sexton, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Mayer. Bill Murray kicked off the show by greeting fans before and delivering his own rendition of Clapton’s variation on “Crossroads,” with Clapton himself joining him on guitar and backing vocals. Later, Guy and Clapton joined Vaughan on stage for Guy’s “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues” and Muddy Waters’ “Hoochie Coochie Man” while King and Hull teamed up on stage for the first time for Tears for Fears’ “Mad World.” In addition Bramhall and Sexton reunited, performing Neil Young’s “Cinnamon Girl” and Arc Angels’ “Living in a Dream” and Anastasio slid in with Lage and his trio for “Northern Shuffle.” Clapton also augmented Landreth on “Speak of the Devil” at the top of his show.

Tedeschi Trucks Band headlined the evening, inviting Anastasio back for George Harrison’s “Wah-Wah” and The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s “Little Wing.” Mayer then stepped out for Derek and the Dominos’ “Keep On Growing” and “Empty Pages” while Clapton, who has employed Trucks in his solo band, and Bramhall sat in on Derek and the Dominos tracks “Anyday,” “Layla” and “Got to Get Better in a Little While.” The latter number opened up into an all-star jam that also wove in King, Bramhall, Gale, Gibbons, Vaughan, Dirk Powell and Amelia Powell, Mayer and Anastasio. It was the first time Anastasio and Clapton had shared the stage, though the Phish co-founder did sit in with Robert Randolph when he opened for Clapton at Wantagh, NY’s Jones Beach in 2008.