Paul Dempsey is a digital artist, egg tempera painter, jazz and bluegrass inspired finger style guitarist and composer from Lynchburg, VA…who is also missing a third of his middle finger on his picking hand. Paul shares how Jerry Garcia inspired his finger picking style after losing part of his finger, incidentally the same finger Jerry damaged on his picking hand.
These days Paul is primarily a digital artist and painter, you can find him and his artwork, May 19 at Camp Reckoning in New Castle VA.
Event link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/466016385605448
You can learn more about Paul Dempsey at pauldempsey.com
Thank you to my guest this week, a special thanks to Palmyra the band for the into music. Learn more about Palmyra at https://www.palmyratheband.com.
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