Troy Mercy

Home: Massachusetts (Rural)

Eye color: Blue

Hair: Madman Regular

Height: 5’ 11.75” (I’ll get there…)

DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THREE WORDS: Brave New Blues

PROFESSION: Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter/Blues Unusualist

DRINK OF CHOICE: The blood of my enemies

MOST MEMORABLE BOOK: Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable

FAVORITE BAND: Little Walter, Richard Thompson, Captain Beefheart, Otis Redding, Black Sabbath, Lester Young

QUALITY YOU LOOK FOR IN A COMPANION: To-The-Deathfulness

CV: Guitarist with: Booker T. Jones, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Hubert Sumlin, Billy Boy Arnold, Louisiana Red, Pinetop Perkins, Calvin “Fuzz” Jones, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, etc.

NOW: “I breathe the blues. I have a rock ‘n’ roll heart.

“It’s about the songs and connection with the audience for me. That and bringing an element of danger and excitement to the stage.”

POWER-DUO?: “The power-duo format has brought me to life. I kinda need a lot to do musically or I just end up chewing the furniture, you know?

“Stripping things down to just voice/guitar/drums gives me the most immediate emotional connection between my singing and guitar playing. 

“There are no presets. I can steer the whole thing right off the edge of the world if I want to. Or play something pretty, too.”.