ERIC CLAPTON HINTS AT BLIND FAITH REUNION

Although it was denied last year, the odds of a Blind Faith reunion are getting better. Eric Clapton has invited singer-keyboardist Steve Winwood to perform at the second Crossroads Guitar Festival, which will be held July 28th at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. There's no word yet whether drummer Ginger Baker will also be there, but Clapton did tell Rolling Stone that he and Winwood will re-connect at the festival because they have "unfinished business."

A full-on Blind Faith reunion is impossible -- bassist Ric Grech died in March 1990.

Blind Faith made their debut at a massive free concert in Hyde Park in London in June 1969. The band released one self-titled album, and they managed to complete one U.S. tour before Clapton left to join Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, who were the opening act on the Blind Faith dates.

In 2005, Clapton dealt with some other business from his past when he reunited with Baker and Jack Bruce for a handful of Cream shows in London and New York City.

Also signed for the Crossroads Festival are Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, John Mayer, and Jimmie Vaughan, among many others. Proceeds from the event will go to the Crossroads Centre, the drug treatment facility that Clapton founded in Antigua in 1998.