DEMPSEY CRENSHAW BORN (ELIGER CRENSHAW), IN BREWTON ,ALA. HE STARTED PLAYING HARMONICA AT A YOUNG AGE, AND DOESN'T REALLY REMEMBER NOT HAVING ONE. IN HIS TEENS HE STARTED PLAYING BASS WITH BAD BOY GENE & THE BLUE ACES. DEMPSEY ALSO PLAYED BASS FOR A NUMBER OF ARTIST THAT READS LIKE A WHO'S WHO OF BLUES & RHYTHM & BLUES; THE DRIFTERS, SAM & DAVE, JIMMY REED, FREDDIE KING, T-BONE WALKER,ETTA JAMES,EDDIE FLOYD,RUFUS THOMAS,CHUCK BERRY AND BIG JOE TURNER. HIS GUITAR STYLE BRINGS TO MIND BB. KING AND LITTLE MILTON, HIS HARMONICA STYLE IS LIKE LITTLE WALTER & JIMMY REED. DEMPSEY IS STILL PLAYING AROUND THE DALLAS/FT.WORTH AREA AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING MORE NOW THAT HIS CD HAS BEEN RELEASED.