Bay Area music in 2020: Takin' it to the streets
Aidin Vaziri December 23, 2020Updated: December 28, 2020, 6:07 pm Scott Padden (left) and singer-songwriter Andrew St. James give a social distancing concert in front of the Balboa Theater in the Richmond District in San Francisco in May. Photo: Kate Munsch, Special to The Chronicle The Bay Area music scene took a serious hit in 2020. Venues closed. Record stores shut down. Musicians had to shelter in place in their homes.As the coronavirus pandemic gripped the region in mid-March, it felt as though there would be no scene at all. “We were the first to close, and we’ll be the la...