CHECK OUT THE HUNTSMEN WHEN THEY PLAY A PUB NEAR YOU OR LISTEN TO VALLEY FM 95.9 TOOGOOLAWAH
I can thank my mum to be honest for knowing of a relatively obscure band based in my home town of Toogoolawah in Queensland by the name of THE HUNTSMEN.
Made up of two male and one female siblings, Glen Lee, Glen and Allanah Hunt, which does obviously explain why the band called itself what it is, this freewheeling and eclectic indigenous trio fuse pop and rock sounds together effortlessly and add their improvising style to all the songs they perform live, be they covers or their own originals.
It always gets on my nerves when I know
that bands are getting rejected because they do not fit the music industry cliche stereotype.
From what I can gather, the trio of indigenous Australians decided to call Toogoolawah home because of its 'centrality' to a number of other townships within 100 kilometres of Toogoolawah.
Not that it appears that Toogoolawah is exactly a goldmine for the band, you might well think that a town with three different hotels would provide the band a gig every night of the week if they wanted one but apparently for whatever reason no publican in town wants to give them a fair go and at the same time provide some fantastic entertainment to their patrons.
I am quite sure The Huntsmen would happily put on a gig at any one of the Toogoolawah pubs for very little or no payment at all.
But regardless of the reasons for the Toogoolawah snub against them, the Huntsmen have a fairly healthy following in other towns around south-east Queensland, as well as in Brisbane on the live pub circuit.
Made up of two male and one female siblings, Glen Lee, Glen and Allanah Hunt, which does obviously explain why the band called itself what it is, this freewheeling and eclectic indigenous trio fuse pop and rock sounds together effortlessly and add their improvising style to all the songs they perform live, be they covers or their own originals.
It always gets on my nerves when I know
that bands are getting rejected because they do not fit the music industry cliche stereotype.
The Huntsmen will never hit the superstardom jackpot while they're based in Toogoolawah, even if doing so is permitting them to make a living doing the live pub circuit in other regionaltowns.
Look them up on Facebook, they have a page on there and also check them out at http://www.reverbnation.com/huntsmen.
If you have got a mighty big aerial you may hear the Huntsmen getting airplay on VALLEY FM 95.9 based in the town of Toogoolawah.
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