On May 15, Jason Isbell celebrated the release of his latest album, Reunions, with his band the 400 Unit by christening the stage at the newly-built Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville alongside his wife musician Amanda Shires.
The music venue and bowling alley was scheduled to make its grand opening in March, but remained shuttered after a tornado hit Music City and the spread of COVID-19 halted live shows around the globe.
So, instead, Isbell and Shires took the stage without the full band and played to roughly 20 people made up of just crew and venue staff, who kept more than six feet apart and wore masks in the 1,200-capacity club to prevent spread of the novel coronavirus. “Jason was going to play a show anyways at the Bowl.