Brian Wilson, Bob Weir, Willie Nelson to headline Redondo’s BeachLife Festival
Willie Nelson, Bob Weir and Brian Wilson will headline the BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach, May 3-5. Contributed photos by David McClister/Jake Blakesburg/Bob Webster Music legends Brian Wilson, Bob Weir and Willie Nelson will lead an eclectic selection of bands in King Harbor for Redondo Beach’s three-day BeachLife Festival, running the weekend of May 3 to May 5. “In the South Bay, we don’t try to be cool, we just do what we do, and I think that’s cool. With a lot of festival announcements, everyone’s trying to follow the next new band — what’s cool, hip and current — but our team just thought, let’s book some really good f–king music that people love,” said South Bay native Allen Sanford, who founded the festival alongside business partner Rob Lissner. “What we wanted to do is give respect to the icons that have paved the way,” Sanford said of his headliners. Wilson, he said, is among the greatest songwriters of all time. As founding member of the Hawthorne-based Beach Boys, Wilson’s inclusion was a “no-brainer.” Wilson will be joined by fellow Beach Boys players Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin. Weir, similarly, is a founding member of the Grateful Dead, and has continued his…
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