About
A former member of
The Fabulous Thunderbirds and
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Booker T. Jones's band (where he was part of a guitar-duo with Marc Ford), Troy Gonyea is a distinguished and respected Blues guitarist and general maniac.
Troy has performed with
Chuck Leavell
Mavis Staples
David Hidalgo (Los Lobos)
Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos)
Larry Taylor (Canned Heat, Tom Waits)
David Maxwell
Junior Watson
Gene Taylor (Fabulous Thunderbirds, Canned Heat, The Blasters)
Otis Clay
Kirk Fletcher
Buddy Guy
Charlie Musselwhite
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Hubert Sumlin
Pinetop Perkins
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Billy Boy Arnold
Jimmy Rogers
Dave Myers
Paul Oscher
Duke Robillard
Jerry Portnoy
James Harman
Ronnie Earl
Sugar Ray and the Bluetones.
Troy has toured the world playing in
49 out of 50 US states (what's your problem, Hawaii?)
UK
Replublic of Ireland
EU
Japan
Brazil
Australia
Canada
All kinds of other little islands
and fiddly bits.
As a bandleader, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Troy has released a live album, Click Click Spark. He has recently finished recording his debut studio album,
Send a Midnight Signal.