It’s Good to Be Kings

In other symphony notes, the Doublewide Kings have just premiered their video presentation of Moondance, its groundbreaking celebration of the music of Van Morrison in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Symphony that was performed at the Granada Theatre in November 2023. The show represented the classical ensemble’s first project with a rock band (they’ve done it twice more since), and the Kings first go at being backed by an orchestra. 

The video, which can be viewed for free on the Kings’ YouTube page (www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTZkWwH5Uos), features not only footage of the whole concert in HD, but also the HD multi-track recording from the live show, as well as indexed chapters for each song for easy accessibility to favorites such as “Into the Mystic,” “Moondance,” “Domino,” and “Brown Eyed Girl.” It was a spectacular concert, and the video impressively does a great job capturing the vibe. 

Next for the DWKs (sans symphony) are two free shows, including the band’s first gig at Carr Winery in the Funk Zone in many years on April 18, and closing out the main stage performances at Earth Day Santa Barbara in Alameda Park on April 26.