RIYL:
The Black Keys, The White Stripes, GA 20, Marcus King, Led Zeppelin

Elusive Americana & Blues guitarist Troy Mercy performs raw and wild vintage-toned Rock & Roll. It's cracking guitar music surely, but it's his singing and songwriting that stand him a cut above the six-string rabble.

While this marks his debut solo effort Troy Mercy earned his bones through years of touring with heavies* such as Booker T (of The MGs) & The Fabulous Thunderbirds. He has performed with Blues originators like Hubert Sumlin, Billy Boy Arnold and Pinetop Perkins, and he played guitar on two Grammy-nominated albums with Kim Wilson.

Troy Mercy's original music draws on expansive influences and he often performs live in the Power Duo format like The Black Keys, The White Stripes, and Flat Duo Jets.

Let The Night Begin,Troy Mercy's debut album out in May 2026, was produced by Tim Carman (Parlor Greens, Canyon Lights, formerly GA-20). Expect songs you'll be singing in your head later. This is raw and wild vintage-toned Rock & Roll that's being created in the present.

*four years as guitarist in The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Kim Wilson's solo band (often as two-guitar team with Kirk Fletcher)

*three years as touring guitarist in Booker T Jones' (of the MGs) band. For one year as two-guitar team with Marc Ford.

*through working as guitarist for harmonica legends Jerry Portnoy & Kim Wilson, and pianist David Maxwell, Troy played many shows backing up blues greats like Hubert Sumlin, Dave Myers, Calvin 'Fuzz' Jones, Willie 'Big Eyes" Smith, Pinetop Perkins, Billy Boy Arnold, Louisiana Red.