With thanks to Andy

Welcome to the Hunter Muskett website.

Formed in 1968 and still going strong, Hunter Muskett are:

  • Terry Hiscock - acoustic and electric guitars, slide guitar, piano, vocals
  • Doug Morter - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
  • Rog Trevitt - bass guitar, mandolin, vocals

News

Wizz Jones, 25 April 1939 - 27 April 2025

We are very, sad to hear that Wizz (Raymond Ronald) Jones has passed away two days after his 86th birthday.
Wizz was a fixture throughout our playing days, beginning in the late 1950s and still gigging 60 years later: his final date just a month before he died. A distinctive guitar-player with a remarkable right-hand, he played the blues and much else in his own inimitable style.
A humble and generous man, he was, to many of us, a bit of a legend.

Spring Tour

As always a splendid time was had by all. Another few miles chalked up and five new venues under our belt.
Huge thanks go to the venues who took a chance on us this time round, and to those who continue to welcome us back. Appreciation as always to the audiences who came along to support us.
Next stop Denmark.

New Muskett album - Roll On

We are happy to announce that the new Muskett album 'Roll On' is ready and available, both at our gigs and from this site (via the link is at the foot of this page).
Once again we have been joined by some notable musicians: Paul Burgess (drums), BJ Cole (pedal steel) and Henrick Vestergaard (harmonica). We have also included two of Doug's earlier recordings (suitably Muskettised) which include performances by Jerry Donahue. One of these, 'Old Boy', may be Jerry's last recorded work.

Previous Muskett Albums - availability

Of our previous records only the Bradley's album 'Hunter Muskett', remains officially out there as a physical product. This is now on CD (with three additional Bradleys-era tracks) on the Wasabi label available from Airmail Recordings, Tokyo.
Both 'That Was Then This Is Now' and 'Unafraid and Sober' can be downloaded via Bandcamp. (Unfortunately, for copyright reasons,'Walk Away Renee' and 'The Scarecrow' are not included.)

Muskett - Dutch Folk Pioneers

Back in the day Tom Steenbergen booked a host of UK 'folk' acts onto tours of Holland. We stayed with Tom whilst over there playing the usual places: De Toverbal in Maassluis, Theater De Lantaren in Rotterdam, The Paradiso in Amsterdam... Back in the UK Tom caught up with us in Island studios during our recording sessions with Keith Relf.
After rising to the dizzy heights of marketing director at Polygram Tom has finally taken time out to write down his memories from those early days. His book, 'Folk Pioneers - Roots & Singer-Songwriters', contains a wealth of detail on the visiting acts - Hunter Muskett included. Exactly what Tom says about us is unclear as, despite the English title, the book is in Dutch!

 Muskett CD released in Japan

Our 1973 album Hunter Muskett has been re-released in Japan by Air Mail Recordings of Tokyo. The CD using the original 70s artwork features 12 tracks: the original nine tracks, the John Blair single and, for the first time since the 1970s, the two tracks from 'Bradleys live at the Marquee'.

Muskett in WH Smith

Michael Bjorn’s article on the band is now available in ‘Shindig’ magazine issue #133. The article, to be found under the ‘The Vinyl Clicks’ section, covers Muskett in the Bradleys era and includes the photo of the band performing at the Festival Hall London in, 1973.  Shindig magazine is available on the shelves of all good news-agents.

Tending the Pale Bloom – on-line interview

Texas retrospective website ‘Tending the Pale Bloom’ approached the band for an on-line interview on the Hunter Muskett story. For those with an hour and a half to spare Roger’s exhaustive (not to say exhausting) conversation with Greg Chance is now available on:
Muskett interview – Tending the Pale Bloom

The French Connection
Bradley’s CD to coincide with Keith Relf Biography

A Heart Full of Soul: The Life of the Yardbird’s Keith Relf written by US author David French and published by McFarland Books is now available in the UK.  This is the first full biography of the singer and harmonica player.

As Keith produced our 1973 album ‘Hunter Muskett’ David asked us to help him with a few memories from those times, both in the studio and later on tour with the Bradley’s Roadshow. Sadly we were unable to provide a photo of us with Keith (as far as we know none were taken), but David has kindly included the album sleeve in his book.

Many thanks to Yardbird expert Josh Cicek who also helped with the book. Josh contacted us from Australia with some Muskett tracks copied from Keith’s personal tapes – including an alternative version of Laze Around All Day.

The Hunter Muskett CD re-released to coincide with the book is now sold out.

Leave It With Mine – Archie Fisher

After performing Terry’s song ‘Leave It With Mine’ at the Edinburgh Fringe, Archie Fisher has now released a live version. It appears on the CD ‘The Best Times After All’ recorded in Canada by Archie along with Garnett Rogers. There is also a projected studio version in the pipeline. This is in keeping with Archie’s habit of recording Terry’s songs twice – he recorded two versions of ‘Silver Coin’ some years ago.

As always, if you would like to get in touch do feel free to use our e-mail link on the ‘Contact Us’ page

Best Wishes

Hunter Muskett

Live Dates

Hunter Muskett FULL BAND Dates

2025

July

Sat 5th         Private Party, Funen, Denmark
Tues 8th      Bølgen (The Wave), Svendborg Harbour, Denmark.  Afternoon concert.
Thur 10th     Forsamlingshus,  Lundevej 2, 5700 Svendborg, Denmark
Sat 12th.      Private party, Stenstrup, Denmark

 October

Thurs 9th Oct          Bowes Park Folk Club, Mum's Bistro, Myddleton Road, London N22 8NG 
Sat 11th Oct              Foyer Folk at No 8, Number 8 Community Arts Centre, High Street, Pershore WR10 2BG
Sun 12th Oct            Barney's Music Club, The Little Vic, The Queen Victoria Pub, 5 Gloucester Street, Stroud GL5 1QG
Wed 22nd Oct          Banbury Folk Club, The Three Pigeons, Southam Rd, Banbury OX16 2ED
Thurs 23rd Oct        South Mills Arts Centre, 1-3 South Road, Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23 3JG
Sat 25th Oct             Zeffirelli's Jazz Bar, 2 Compston Rd, Ambleside LA22 9DJ Sun 26th Oct          Grimsby Folk Club The Spider's Web, Carr Lane, Grimsby, N.E Lincs DN32 8LN
Mon 27th Oct           The Bridge Folk Club, Castle Garth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1RQ (7.30)
Wed 29th Oct           Redbourn Folk Club, 33 Church End, Redbourn, St Albans AL3 7DU
Thurs 30 Oct           Orpington Folk Club, Farnborough Social Club, 6 Pleasant View Place, Via Farrow Fields, Farnborough Village, Kent BR6 7BL
Fri 31st Oct               St Edith Folk, Otford Memorial Hall, 28A High Street, Otford, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5PQ

November

Tue 4th Nov              Dartford Folk Club, Dartford Working Men's Club, 20 Essex Road, Dartford DA1 2AU
Wed 5th Nov             Spalding Folk Club, South Holland Centre, Market Place, Spalding PE11 1SS
Fri 7th Nov              Hadleigh Folk & Acoustic Music, Ansell Centre, Market Pl, Hadleigh, Ipswich IP7 5DL
 Mon 10th Nov           Boston Folk Club, The Eagle, West St, Boston, Lincs PE21 8RE
Wed 19th Nov          The Lamb Folk Club, The Lamb Inn, High Street, Old Town, Eastbourne BN21 1HH
Thur 20th Nov         Wivenhoe Folk Club, Royal British Legion, The Quay, Wivenhoe, Colchester CO7 9BX

If anyone out there would like to book us , or if you know someone who might, then please get in touch.

Terry’s Solo/Duo dates:

Please go to Terry’s Website  for a full listing

Zen and Meow

That was Zen this is Meow

With thanks to John Lamb for his reinterpretation....

Available Albums

Hunter Muskett

Hunter Muskett

CD now available from Air Mail Recordings, Tokyo

Unafraid and Sober

Unafraid and Sober

Streaming available at Hunter Muskett Bandcamp (all tracks except The Scarecrow)

That was Then, This is Now

That was then this is now

Download available at Hunter Muskett Bandcamp (all tracks except Walk Away Renée)

Roll On

Roll On - Hunter Muskett

Download the full lyrics to Roll On

CD: £14.00 (incl. £2 UK postage)
For overseas orders please Contact Us for postage cost.