Troy Mercy, Album Release Day & Mike Welch, Solo In Rare Form!

Troy Mercy-Blues Power-Duo with a Rock & Roll Heart

"The blues-rock landscape is shifting, and Troy Mercy is the one holding the compass. His solo work reveals a songwriter of surprising depth." -MNPR MAGAZINE, England UK March 2026

Elusive Americana & Blues guitarist Troy Mercy performs raw and wild vintage-toned
Rock & Roll. He earned his bones through years of touring with heavies like Booker T (of The MGs) and 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.

"Let The Night Begin," Troy Mercy's debut album, produced by Tim Carman(Parlor Greens, Canyon Lights, formerly of GA-20)
out on Vinyl, CD, and digital on May 29, 2026 via Gitcha Records.

Troy Mercy

Monster Mike Welch appearing solo, in rare form, as you've never seem him!

With over three decades of touring and recording under his belt, Boston-based blues guitarist Monster Mike Welch is a seasoned veteran of the international blues scene. Given the nickname “Monster Mike” by actor/Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd at the tender age of 13, Welch has since carved out a niche as a highly accomplished and in-demand guitarist. To date, Welch has released several albums under his own name and in 2001, he joined the ranks of one of New England’s most beloved blues institutions, Sugar Ray and the Bluetones, where he stayed until 2017, recording five albums and racking up multiple Blues Music Award nominations for the band in that time. In addition, Welch has recorded with Shemekia Copeland, Ronnie Earl, Danielle Nicole, Duke Robillard, Johnny Winter, Victor Wainwright, Nick Moss, the Mannish Boys and Sugaray Rayford, among others. Welch left the Bluetones in 2017 to focus on his partnership with Mike Ledbetter, which led to seven Blues Music Award nominations and the formation of the Welch Ledbetter Connection within the first year. Welch has received three consecutive Blues Music Award nominations by the Blues Foundation for Instrumentalist-Guitar beginning in 2016, a Boston Music Award for Best Blues Act, and is an inductee of the Rhode Island Music Hall Of Fame. In 2023, Monster Mike Welch embarked on the next phase of his career when he released the Blues Music Award-nominated Nothing But Time. 2025 saw the release of his most personal album yet, the searing Keep Living Til I Die, which is nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the Blues Music Awards.

Monster Mike Welch

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