<div><strong>SEND US TO MEMPHIS</strong>. Troy Mercy &amp; Hadley Lloyd have the opportunity to compete in The International Blues Challenge January 2025. Raise the funds needed to travel/stay/compete in Memphis. <strong>NEW VIDEO</strong>:<strong><em> From deep inside The TroyCo Lab Supercomputer</em></strong>
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<div>Troy Mercy &amp; Hadley Lloyd won The 2024 Boston Blues Challenge on October 13, 2024.
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<div>This win gives them the opportunity to compete in the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, January 7-11, 2025.
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<div><a href="https://blues.org/international-blues-challenge/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Blues Foundation website</a>
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<div><strong>TROY MERCY &amp; HADLEY LLOYD </strong>
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<div><strong>bring the raw sound of Electric Blues into the 21st Century… </strong>
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<div><strong>A power-duo that plays BRAVE NEW BLUES </strong>
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<div><strong>(Troy: Vocal/Guitar/Harmonica, Hadley: Drums/Vocal). </strong>
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<div><strong>Troy toured as guitarist with The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Booker T. Jones. Hadley is fresh on the scene with surprising grooves. She heats up the stage like a spike of lightning. </strong>
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<div><strong>Pushing boundaries with fearless performance, artful lyrics, hooks and melody, they extend the tradition and create the future. </strong>
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<div><strong>“This duo is like Lightnin’ Hopkins playing with The Small Faces while David Lynch films it.” -Alan Smithee</strong>
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<div><em>“Hi everybody, we are a band that plays the Brave New Blues. In fact we just won the 2024 Boston Blues Challenge and that means we have a spot to compete in the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge that’s in Memphis Tennessee January 7-11, 2025, with 200 other bands from around the world.</em>
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<div><em>For the grand finale we all set up at once and play Louie Louie for an hour or until someone gets a nosebleed.</em>
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<div><em>Prizes include bookings on some choice festivals and the ability to time travel, although only forward at the rate of 1 second per second.</em>
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<div><strong><em>But we gotta get ourselves there first and that’s where you come in. </em></strong>
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<div><em>We need your money. That’s right I want you to get your car right now go to the bank empty your bank account and on the way home rob a liquor store. Then you’re gonna take all that money and stick it in this here GoFundMe campaign.</em>
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<div><em>Send us to Memphis where we can be some otherbody’s problem.</em>
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<div><strong><em>We really do need your help and we appreciate it very much people.</em></strong>
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<div><strong><em>Thank you.” </em></strong>
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<div><strong><em>﻿</em></strong>—Troy &amp; Hadley
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<div><strong>TROY MERCY </strong>
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<div><strong>HADLEY LLOYD</strong>
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<div><strong>BRAVE NEW BLUES</strong>
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<div><strong>FOR THE 21st CENTURY </strong>
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<div>-Alan Smithee, Filmmaker
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<div>Troy &amp; Hadley are a power duo. A two-piece band with a mighty and full sound. 
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<div>They play the “Brave New Blues”.
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<div>Troy Mercy toured the planet as lead guitarist with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Booker T. Jones. With this new band Troy steps up to sing his original material. 
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<div>Drummer Hadley Lloyd is relatively new to the stage-performing scene. She comes to Boston via Chicago, IL. Hadley is quickly building a reputation for being one of the most thrilling drummers in New England.
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<div>Find them here:
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<div>@TroyMercyMusic
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