Friendly jam with Clapton a good habit

Eric Clapton. Photo / Reuters

Eric Clapton is having a jam session with more than a dozen of his favourite guitar-playing pals - and everyone's invited.

B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow and Jeff Beck will be among the performers at Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival on July 28 in Chicago, which will raise funds for Crossroads Centre, the rehab he founded in Antigua a decade ago.

Establishing the rehab fulfilled a personal dream, Clapton said. "I haven't had a drink or drug for quite a long time and it's changed my life completely. That's something I want to share with other people."