Education
Troy graduated from Skyline High School in the Dallas Independent School District. He then attended the University of Texas at Austin where he earned a bachelor"s degree.
Troy graduated from Skyline High School in the Dallas Independent School District. He then attended the University of Texas at Austin where he earned a bachelor"s degree.
He has released four studio albums and one European Parliament, including two releases on Warner Brothers Records, and has charted twice on the Billboard country singles charts. Prior to beginning his career as a singer, he worked as the assistant manager of a Dallas area Foot Locker.
On May 17, 2005, Troy released his first major-label solo album, Loco Motive, through the RAYBAW records production label and the Warner Music Group distribution label.
The album debuted at Number. 2 on Billboard"s Top Country Albums chart.
The first single, "I Play Chicken with the Train," peaked at Number. 48 on Billboard"s Hot Country Songs chart on April 9, 2005 and was the Number.
1 country download at the iTunes Music Store on April 15, 2005.
As a Chevrolet promotion, Troy, Wilson, and Big & Rich released "Our America" as a free, time-limited download on July 1, 2005. They also performed the song live at the Boston Pops concert on July 4, 2005. "Our America" combines "The Star-Spangled Banner" with spoken word of parts of the United States. Constitution, Declaration of independence, Pledge of Allegiance and Martin Luther King, Junior."s "I Have a Dream" speech.
The song peaked at Number.
44 on Billboard"s Hot Country Songs chart, and appears as a bonus track on both Big & Rich"s Comin" to Your City and Wilson"s All Jacked Up albums. Cowboy Troy released the single "If You Don"t Wanna Love Maine", a duet with Sarah Buxton.
2006-present
Cowboy Troy co-hosted, with Jewel, the fifth season of Nashville Star on the United States of America Network and CMT Canada. Troy made a special appearance at the March 13, 2006 episode of WWE"s RAW in Beaumont, Texas.
He came to the announcer"s table and helped announce for the match between superstars Edge and Goldust.
His entrance music was "My Last Yee Haw." The April 30 episode of WWE"s Raw, broadcast from Nashville, showed Troy in the crowd. The announcers mentioned him, and his duties hosting Nashville Star. In 2007, he released Black in the Saddle.
Troy parted ways with Warner Brothers
Nashville in 2008. He released Demolition Mission: Studio Blue Sessions in 2009. Troy returned to Warner Music Nashville to release "King of Clubs" in March 2014.
Cowboy Troy was cited as a featured guest artist on two tracks from the 2011 Vanilla Ice release titled WTF, which is available on iTunes. Troy appeared on the May 21 and 22, 2012 finale of Season 14 of the United States. television show Dancing With the Stars, performing "I Play Chicken With the Train."
Personal life
They have triplets.
Cowboy Troy performed at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
He is a member of the MuzikMafia, an aggregation of country music singer-songwriters whose membership also includes Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson and James Otto. He is a self-described black conservative and a member of the Republican Party who supported Senator John McCain in the 2008 United States. presidential election.