2nd Annual Redbone Music Festival Returns
Concert honoring Indigenous rock legends happens on March 15 in Hesperia, California
It’s that time of the year when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations come rolling in and the online arguments commence.
But in 2026, no doubt the biggest gripe all of us should have about their selection process is why on Earth haven’t Redbone been considered, even in conversation?
Since forming out of Los Angeles by Yaqui/Shoshone brothers Candido “Lolly” Vasquez and Pat Vegas in 1969, Redbone made a significant cultural impact on American music as the first Native American rock band. In 1974, their irresistible hit “Come and Get Your Love” landed them on the Billboard charts, while the song’s inclusion on Peter Quill’s awesome mixtape in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy forever cemented its place in pop culture history.
Bassist Pat Vegas, still with us at 84, will see the fruits of the good work his band has accomplished on Sunday, March 15, when the Second Annual Redbone Music Festival returns to the Hesperia, California, music school Rock Stars of Tomorrow from 1 to 4 p.m. for an afternoon of Native American swamp rock.
The festival will feature performances from Annika Bellamy (the niece of Redbone lead guitarist Tony Bellamy), Chicago-style blues rockers The Blue Henrys, pioneering East LA Chicano artist and historian Mark Guerrero, Pedro Iniguez and Damien Orona, Rock Stars of Tomorrow student bands Vertically Challenged and Reliquae, The Macias Singers, Cross Fire Rockers and Teotl Mazatll’s Aztec Dance Troupe.
Each act will be performing their favorite Redbone songs in addition to their own material, giving those in attendance a taste of the multifaceted sound that made Redbone one of the most enduring American rock acts of the 1970s.
“The legacy of what the Tribal Elders of Rock ‘n’ Roll created will never pass from this earth,” says Jim Hoffmann, who put together the festival and co-wrote the book Come and Get Your Love: A Celebratory Ode to Redbone (1939-Present) with Vegas. “This festival is a celebration of Native American resilience, creativity and the musical innovation that the Vegas brothers championed throughout their lives.”
For Hoffmann, producing this festival alongside colleague Laura Lebron has been a privilege and opportunity to keep Redbone on the public radar in hopes they will one day be inducted into the Rock Hall.
“I can only say that I am wholly honored that Pat gave me the opportunity to record the history of Redbone in several books,” he tells Rock & Roll Globe. “This band is one of rock’s most important for various reasons. I always say Pat Vegas is a god, a rock star, and a father figure rolled all into one. He is a very intimidating but loving man.”
Oh yeah, did we mention that the Second Annual Redbone Music Festival is a free event? Please try to make an afternoon of it if you’re local or visiting the area.
To sign the petition to get Redbone in the Rock Hall, visit here.
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Great article, Ron. The festival was wonderful; SRO at one point. Pat “Redbone” Vegas (co-founder, bass), Pete De Poe (original drums -“Come And Get Your Love”), and Arturo Perez (second drummer) are the only living members. It’s truly an honor that Rock and Roll Globe magazine covered this event. Next year, we hope to hold it in Los Angeles.