D-Man Fest rocks Seaside Lagoon
The late, great Darren Marsee appears to approve of Midnight Lamp’s Fred Flentye guitar lick at this year’s D-Man Fest. Photo Every summer since 2006, Dive N’ Surf of Redondo Beach has hosted the D-Man Festival in memory of friend and coworker Darren “D-Man” Marsee, who died in 2005 after battling Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Proceeds from ticket sales go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). What began as a small-scale event gathering a couple hundred people in the yard at Dive N’ Surf has evolved into the foremost fundraising activity for the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of LLS, raising nearly $83,000 to date. The event has also become the South Bay’s premiere musical festival. This year’s D-Man Festival, held last Saturday at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach, attracted over 1,000 people and featured a dense lineup of homegrown musical talent. Seven acts – headlined by perennial South Bay favorite Tomorrows Bad Seeds – kept the D-Man Festival crowd entertained from start to finish. The first band to hit the stage was West Swell, four high school juniors based out of Torrance whose 32-minute set had them ably pumping out a mix of reggae and rock-infused originals, including all five…
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