Wyclef went where few HOB performers have gone before: the balcony.
Wyclef Jean went bacchanal last night at Cleveland’s House of Blues, challenging the record for the most arm-raising in the venue’s history, previously held by Ozomatli and the Roots.
The former Fugees frontman and master collaborator displayed another of his many incarnations: the Grand Entertainer. He bounced, back-flipped, crowd-surfed, performed from the audience and on the edge of the balcony, and played a Santana-infused guitar riff with his teeth. He let one young drunk woman take the stage and the mic, dubbing her the new Wyclef and letting her rap an entire verse. …
This article appears in Jan 23-30, 2008.
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