Dan Hosker is still a force thanks to the people who have tended his legacy with care. Before his untimely passing in August 2012, Hosker was one of the scene’s most beloved and genuinely different guitarists, throwing down at South Florida stages and recording studios for more than 20 eventful years. He was best known for being in the Holy Terrors and Harry Pussy, but you could find him jamming with seemingly everyone in numerous settings.
The annual Dan Hosker Music Continuum (DHMC) honors his memory with an annual South Florida fundraising concert — a festival, really — for the scholarship established by his sister, Chris Hosker O’Brien, to benefit his high school in Danvers, Massachusetts. Typically celebrated around his birthday in early December, the concert helps to fund a cash award to deserving students with a passion for music at Dan’s alma mater, Bishop Fenwick High School, to further their musical pursuits.
The 20-plus invited artists for this year’s concert have “Made in Massachusetts” as their theme and will perform at least one song per set by a Bay State band or artist — like a page from the Albert Collins “Adventures In Babysitting” playbook, where “Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues.”
Two stages at Tarpon River Brewing in Fort Lauderdale will feature a who’s-who of South Florida since the ’80s. Expect Mr. Entertainment & The Pookiesmackers, Humbert, Rat Bastard, Sparkchamber, Ugly Truth, and Russell Mofsky and Friends, among others. Also onstage, the DHMC4 featuring Holy Terrors alumni Rob Elba and Will Trev.
The show, hosted by Erin Lee of South Florida Concert News, is free and family friendly, with raffles and more. DJ Skidmark will cover the gaps between bands.
The DHMC celebrates more than the life of a musician who touched so many; it celebrates the essence of the music scene that formed him: A cobbled-together family of punks, freaks, artists and rockers that carved a place in a geographically isolated and musically ignored corner of the country. A sense of belonging that still guides locals to this day.
The 11th annual Dan Hosker Music Continuum starts 11am on Sunday, December 10 at Tarpon River Brewing in Ft. Lauderdale. facebook.com/DanHoskerMusicContinuum ~ Abel Folgar
