EASY STREET Presenting a career-spanning production.

Akron rockers Easy Street, formed in 1976, were one of the area's most popular bands through the mid-'80s, releasing a self-titled album in 1982, touring extensively and packing large rock clubs including the old Agora on East 24th, where they held down Thursday nights for six years. With so many fans acquired in so many cities over the years, the band has periodically bowed to the inevitable and done reunion shows since 1990, frequently at the Tangier (532 W. Market St., Akron) where they'll be performing at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10. (It's their seventh show there, including shows in 2005 and 2006). At least 18 musicians, including a five-piece horn section, will be participating in this blow-out, two-part show.

It'll open with the earlier bar-band lineup doing the tunes it performed in the late '70s by acts such as Jethro Tull, Procol Harum and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Then an augmented later lineup will do all 15 of the band's original tunes and what it describes as "signature favorites" from the '80s by Springsteen, Southside Johnny and others. Bassist/band founder Bob Martin says the show will be four hours long and the personnel keeps expanding. It now includes a 19-year-old violinist he stumbled on by accident. "I was at a wedding reception in Hudson," he says. "Two really young girls were playing a violin duet and they were really good. I'm sitting next to the mom of one and said, 'You think she wants to be in a rock band for a night and play on a song?' We had her play the opening of 'Jungleland' at rehearsal and she was so good we're going to throw her on some other songs." Tickets: $25-$40. Go to easystreetband.com for info or call 330.376.7171 for tickets. - Anastasia Pantsios

Cleveland's Screaming Screening

Once upon a time, punk rockers loathed bands like Easy Street but now they've got something in common: Both have gotten nostalgic for their past and indulged in reunion shows. Several multiple-band shows organized by area promoter/merchandiser Jim Lanza featuring some of the area's most notable '80s punk bands inspired Brad Warner, who played bass with Akron's ODFX (Zero Defex) in the early '80s, to create a documentary film about that hardcore punk scene. Titled Cleveland's Screaming: The Movie, it premiered locally in early October at the Cinematheque. Now it'll be screened in a more apt environment, the Beachland Tavern (15711 Waterloo Rd., 216.383.1124), at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, followed by live performances by ODFX, along with three more contemporary punk-based acts: Cheap Tragedies, CD Truth and This Moment in Black History. Tickets: $8, and like all the hardcore shows that mattered, it's all ages. - AP

John Bassette Tribute

It's been a year since folksinger John Bassette, known for such early '70s local favorites as "Weed and Wine" and "Hessler Street," died. In his honor, some of his contemporaries are presenting a tribute concert titled John Bassette & the Spirit of Individuality. Tiny Alice, a folksy late '60s/early '70s ensemble with jug-band roots, will headline, with singer-songwriter Alex Bevan (who has maintained a music career for nearly four decades) opening, playing Bassette tunes acoustically, in the spirit of the originals. It starts at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14 at Morley Music Hall (391 W. Washington St.) on the Lake Erie College campus in Painesville. It's free. Go to lec.edu for more info. It will be preceded from 5:30-7:30 by a Cool Cleveland party, sponsored by the e-mail newsletter Cool Cleveland, in the Fine Arts Building, offering munchies, an open bar and performances by students in LEC's performing arts program Go to coolcleveland.com for ticket info. - AP

Bob Capuano REMEMBERED

Bob Capuano, drummer for rootsy blues-based rock quartet Blue Taxi, died Monday, Oct. 29 after a nearly yearlong battle with cancer. The band, which also featured his brother Bill on guitar and vocals and Bob's wife Theresa on keyboards, had become a fixture on the Northeast Ohio bar circuit in its 20-year career, recording four albums, starting with 1995's The Meter's Running. Its latest, A Fist Full of Covers, featured tracks by the band's favorite artists including John Lee Hooker, the Yardbirds, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Santana and John Mayall, indicating the band's affinity for music with a classic-rock feel. - AP

Benefit at the Blind Pig

After suffering an embarrassing ass-whooping at the hands of the Steelers earlier this year, the Browns have a chance to redeem themselves. To get in the spirit of things, the Blind Pig is hosting a pre-game party with proceeds going to a good cause. CONNECT, the young leadership network of the Cleveland School of the Arts, is sponsoring a fundraiser from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at the Blind Pig (1228 W. 6th St.). Local blues singer-guitarist Kristine Jackson performs, and the ticket price ($25 advance, $30 at the door) includes lunch and drinks. Stick around to watch the game and see if the Browns have improved since the season-opening debacle. For tickets, call 216.421.7690 or visit clevelandschoolofthearts.org.

- Jeff Niesel