Keeping the arts alive in a pandemic Share Updated: 11:01 PM CST Dec 26, 2020 KETV Staff Report Share Updated: 11:01 PM CST Dec 26, 2020
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Show Transcript ARTISTS ARE COPING. YESTERDAY ALL MY TROUBLES SEEM TO SO FAR AWAY ROB: BILLY MCLAGAN HAS BEEN PERFORMING AROUND TOWN FOR YEARS, BUT HE’S NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THE YEAR LIKE 2020. DEVASTATING AND EXHILARATING. ROB: IN MARCH, EVERYTHING STOPPED. EXHILARATING WHEN HE EMBRACED CHANGE. THE COOLEST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS BEING ABLE TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO PERFORM. ROB: PERFORMING A SERIES OF PARKING LOT CONCERTS, LIVE STREAMING CONCERTS VIRTUALLY, AND EVEN PRODUCING AN ALBUM CALLED TOGETHER FROM HIS GARAGE. I DON’T DO IT FOR MONEY. WHEN IT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME, I KNEW ANY OPPORTUNITY I WOULD GET TO DO IT AGAIN, IT WASN’T ABOUT THAT. OUR DOORS HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE MARCH 17. ROB: THIS STAGE HAS BEEN DARK FOR NINE MONTHS. THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR REME