Easy Street Rocks The Common Ground

The weather cooperated this week for the Wednesday in the Park concert series at The Common Ground. The crowd was dancing to familiar rock hits as Easy Street performed its classic cover mix on August 10.

Starting off with some rock and roll favorites, the band kicked off the show with back to back classic Rolling Stones hits, “Honky Tonk Woman” and “Brown Sugar.”  Next up was “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” by Georgia Satellites.

Two Tom Petty classic tunes, “I Won’t Back Down” and “You Wreck Me” followed.  Easy Street also performed a couple of old blues songs called “Little by Little” and “It Hurts so Bad” by Susan Tedeschi.

“Thank you for bringing the nice weather with you tonight,” said lead singer Lori Anne. Other band members included Paul on vocals and lead guitar, Mike on bass guitar, Bob on the keyboard and John on drums.

Jimmy Buffet’s “Margaritaville” got the crowd on their feet. Some older tunes, such as Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me” and “Under the Boardwalk” by the Drifters were up next. Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools” and “I’m the Only One” by Melissa Etheridge kept the slow tunes going.

“La Bamba” brought the audience back up for more dancing, as did the Rascals “Good Lovin.” The band kept on rocking with “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin” by Journey.  The night came to a close with “Proud Mary,” followed by “Long Train Running” by the Doobie Brothers. Easy Street came out for an encore with “Change Your Wicked Ways.”

Don’t miss next week’s Concert in Park with Linda Ipanema and the Dixie Cats at 7 p.m. at The Common Ground. The Wednesdays in the Park series is sponsored by Suffolk County Legislator Bill Lindsay and the Town of Islip Arts Council.