Release: Troy Mercy - Let The Night Begin

Artiest/Band: Troy Mercy Album:Let The Night Begin New Single:Compromised Blues (A Spy Goodbye) Release: 29 Mei 2026 Label:  Gitcha Records Format: CD/LP/Digital Genre: Blues/Bluesrock/Contemporary Blues Musicians: Troy Mercy (Guitar, Vocals), Tim Carman (Drums, Percussion), Harrison Foti (Drums), and Marty Ballou (Bass) Produced by: Tim Carman

Troy Mercy brengt op 29 mei zijn nieuwe album Let The Night Begin uit via Gitcha Records, 

Let The Night Begin is the debut solo album from Troy Mercy, former Booker T. Jones and Fabulous Thunderbirds guitarist. Tim Carman (Parlor Greens, Canyon Lights, formerly of GA-20) produced this earthy and laterally-minded collection Mercy calls “Brave New Blues for a Mean Old World”.

Met rauwe gitaarpartijen en ironische spionagefilmbeelden combineert “Compromised Blues (A Spy Goodbye)” de bravoure van bluesrock met filmische spanning. Het nummer geeft een voorproefje van de stijl en sfeer van Troy Mercy’s aankomende album, dat verkrijgbaar zal zijn op vinyl, cd en via digitale streamingplatforms.

Let The Night Begin is the debut solo album from Troy Mercy, former Booker T. Jones and Fabulous Thunderbirds guitarist. Tim Carman (Parlor Greens, Canyon Lights, formerly of GA-20) produced this earthy and laterally-minded collection Mercy calls “Brave New Blues for a Mean Old World”.

Troy Mercy is a guitarist’s guitarist but, says Mercy, “None of that guitar stuff is worth a damn if it has to live in lame songs.
To me the songwriting comes first, then the singing has to be there to tell that emotional story for the listener. [This album] has a blend of some heavy riffs with more psychedelic imagery and eerier, more desert-blues vibes at times.” Let The Night Begin features Mercy’s live drummer Harrison Foti, along with Tim Carman on four tracks. Bass is played by Marty Ballou (Peter Wolf, Danny Kortchmar, John Hammond Jr).

The session was recorded live through vintage mics and glowing tubes. Dave Westner’s wood-fire-stove-heated family cabin on a pond in autumnal Plymouth, Mass was the scenery for this two day Rock & Roll party.

Track List 

Side A

1. Cheap Machine
2. Better & Better
3. Compromised Blues (A Spy Goodbye)
4. Silver Bird
5. Love Is A Hurt

Side B

1. Let The Night Begin
2. Traveling Light
3. A Place Of Our Own
4. Trambling Shadow
5. Who’s Laughing
   Now?

Troy Mercy

Artist Bio

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. He earned his bones through years of touring with heavies such as Booker T (of The MGs), The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Blues originators like Muddy Waters’ Bandmembers—Hubert Sumlin, Billy Boy Arnold & Pinetop Perkins. He also 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.

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