Mucky Duck Bush Band

{{Short description|Australian folk and country music band}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = The Mucky Duck Bush Band

| image = File:Mucky Duck poster 1978 Tour.jpg

| alt =

| caption = 1978 Nor'west Folk Tours poster

| origin = Perth, Western Australia, Australia

| genre = Bush band, Australian country music, Australian folk music

| years_active = 1974–2016

| label = Larrikin, Pocket Universe

| website = muckyduckbushband.com

| current_members = Don Blue, John Perry, Erik Kowarski

| past_members = Stan Hastings, Greg Hastings, Barry Halpin, Butch Hooper, Jerry Everard, Val Hastings, David Browne, Roy Abbott, Roger Montgomery, Rob Kay, John Angliss, Andy Copeman, Martin Coulter, Adam Ashforth, David Ralph.

}}

The Mucky Duck Bush Band, often called Mucky Duck, is a Western Australian Australian folk and country music band or bush band formed in 1973 and still active today, in Perth and Western Australia.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136922005 |title=ISD. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=16 October 1984 |accessdate=27 December 2013 |page=5 Section: Southern Tourist |via=National Library of Australia}} 25 October concert date

The band was founded by Stan Hastings, who ran the folk club The Stables in Northbridge, and his son Greg Hastings. They turned professional in 1978, touring around Western Australia.

In 1982 they performed a musical Moondyne Joe (about the bushranger of that name) at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco.{{Citation | title=Moondyne Joe, Regal Theatre, Subiaco, WA, 15 September 1982 [Event description] | publication-date=1982 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/180981518 | accessdate=27 December 2013 }}{{Citation | author1=Mucky Duck Bush Band | title=Moondyne Joe | publication-date=1982 | publisher=Thank-you-both Productions | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/158763689 | accessdate=27 December 2013 }}

The group had a changing lineup over the years and in 2003 it was revealed that English writers had made the dubious claim that their lineup had included Lord Lucan.http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/10/1062902098059.html referring to the release of {{Citation | author1=MacLaughlin, Duncan | author2=Hall, William | title=Dead lucky : Lord Lucan : the final truth | year=2003 | publication-date=2003 | publisher=John Blake | isbn=978-1-84454-010-5 }}

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Mucky Duck's current lineup (since 2002) is Don Blue (guitar, whistle, vocals), John Perry (bass, vocals) and Erik Kowarski (fiddle, guitar, vocals). For some performances they are joined by Bob Emery (mandolin, guitar, vocals).