Tag archives: Brett Strader

Next but Not Last
By Richard Mineards   |   November 19, 2024

Local rockers The Doublewide Kings were supersized when they performed The Next Waltz, celebrating the classic rock group The Band with the Santa Barbara Symphony under conductor Brett Strader at the Granada. The hugely entertaining sold-out show, presented by the theater and Earl Minnis, under executive director guitarist Palmer Jackson, Jr. – a symphony board […]

Hopefully Not the Kings’ & Symphony’s ‘Last Waltz’
By Steven Libowitz   |   November 12, 2024

It was pure serendipity when rock band Doublewide Kings co-founder Palmer Jackson, Jr., met Brett Strader at a social function in San Francisco just shy of two years ago. When Jackson mentioned that his band was planning a collaborative concert of Van Morrison songs with the Santa Barbara Symphony for the following November, Strader – […]