DEMPSEY YOUNG

• From Rocky Mount, Virginia. Originally from Richmond, Virginia.
• He was a very influential mandolin player for more than three decades (70’s, 80’s and 90’s). Ronnie McCoury credits Dempsey with inspiring him to play mandolin.
• 1970, he worked with a group called “The New Grass Express.”
• 1972, formed (with Alan Mills) the Lost and Found and remained with that group until his death 34 years later.
• Died, December 2006 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.