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4-29-02- Holy Cross College- Worcester, MA
Attendance: 2,500
Headlining Act- Wyclef Jean

SETLIST:
Big Yellow Slide
Eyes of Love
Fire and Gasoline
Improv/Tripping In the Water
One Love (Bob Marley)
I Can’t Do it Alone

The concert was held on the Holy Cross basketball court and was general admission.
Holy Cross stated that this years show doubled the attendance of last years.
Though The Screaming Souls equipment was set up in front of Wyclef’s, the band still had plenty of room to maneuver. A great version of "Big Yellow Slide" started the show with the band repeating the end chorus a couple of extra times. "Eyes of Love" got an exceptional response from the crowd. Barry filled in on a couple of Jason’s vocal parts during the song. After "Eyes of Love" the Siren began to blare through the arena which created a dance like atmosphere for "Fire and Gasoline".  It seemed like everybody was moving during this one with the climax being some very cool lighting effects at the end of the song. Even the new fans that had never seen the band perform before were dancing during "Fire and Gasoline". As good as it sounds on the CD, when you hear it live it is just one of those songs that give off an amazing vibe. The band seemed to loosen up a little bit at this point as they started an improv that had a reggea-ish feel to it. It included parts of the old Police song, “The Bed’s to Big Without You.” This seg-wayed into "Tripping In the Water" and then the band ended with the same beginning improv with the crowd chanting back to Barry. Barry addresses the crowd for the first time at this point giving a shout out to all the soldiers in the Middle East and expressing his dislike of Osaama Bin Laden, much to the crowd’s approval.  This ended up being a perfect introduction to the Bob Marley song, “One Love.” Barry, who was sporting a Marley T-shirt, as well as the rest of the band got the crowd really into this one as they kept on singing back the chorus. Before the final song, Barry states his excitement to see Wyclef perform and then the band finishes off a very powerful set with "I Can’t Do It Alone".  Overall a well played and persuasive 30 minute set that seemed to be well received by the people that were seeing the Screaming Souls for the first time.  The highlight of the whole night though may have came when Wyclef called Barry out to play guitar.  They both played the opening to Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” and then played an amazing version of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” which contained to hair raising solo’s By Barry!  It was definitely a great moment for Barry, and anyone else who knew how happy he was to be on stage with Wyclef!

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