I can thank my mum to be honest for knowing of a relative-
ly obscure band based in my home town of Toogoolawah in
Queensland by the name of THE HUNTSMEN. 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 diffrent hotels would
provide the band a gig every night of the week if
they wanted one but apparently for whatever reas-
on 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 reas-
ons 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 impro-
vising 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
sterotype, 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 do-
ing the live pub circuit in other regional
towns. Look them up on facebook, they
have a page on there & also check them
out at http://www.reverbnation.com/
huntsmen. If you have got a mighty
big aerial you may hear the Huntmen
getting airplay on VALLEY FM 95.9
based in the town of Toogoolawah.
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