Troy was influenced early on by Willie and Waylon, and from George Strait all the way to Van Halen...with a side of James Taylor..."Ya gotta have James!" he used to say. Troy released his first CD entitled ONE MAN ONE GUITAR, as well as his first full studio album JUST SOUTH OF CORPUS in 2007. Troy was a 2008 Texas Music Awards Top 5 Finalist for Male Vocalist, and was nominated for Song of the Year for the title track. Troy also released and sold out of an acoustic version of the next CD. PARTY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL was just about to be released when Troy passed in November of 2010.