For many Americans, March 2020 was the month the world stopped. On March 13, Governor Mike Parson declared a state of emergency in Missouri due to the COVID-19 virus. Everything changed, and things haven’t been the same since. Closures began to happen quickly. A popular local bar and concert venue, Eastside Tavern, closed its doors temporarily. On Feb. 19, Ruby Lane was the first band to host a live show at the venue in six months. The Columbia band said that working together during the pandemic was extremely difficult. “If somebody got exposed and was quarantined for two weeks we couldn’t really do anything,” Dylan Riggs, the band’s bass player, said.