Paul Dempsey's debut solo album Everything Is True got a fair wrap around these parts. Back then we said "Nothing on here rivals Something For Kate’s best stuff, but then it hints too at somewhere Something For Kate have never gone. Proof perhaps that Dempsey's spot in Australian music folklore is still expanding."

The first video to be culled from the album - Dempsey "making of" blog posts notwithstanding - was the ballroom dancing focused, Bart Borghesi directed clip for 'Ramona Was A Waitress'. Now the second comes in the fairly static viewfinder through which we see Dempsey playing host/observer/raconteur to a bunch of dudes wearing the night out around a dining table. The thing was directed by Gemma Lee and we have it now for you exclusively on TheVineTV:

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In other Dempsey news, the man has just completed a sold out national tour with his new band; indeed, the same that we saw and reviewed at a little gig in Melbourne back before the album was out. So at home with nothing to do, Dempsey is shedding the bandmates and heading out again for a set of solo regional dates in NSW, VIC and TAS. 

PAUL DEMPSEY - SOLO TOUR DATES

Monday Dec 7 Lizotte's - Kincumber - NSW 
Tuesday Dec 8 Brass Monkey -  Cronulla - NSW
Wednesday Dec 9 Mona Vale Hotel -  Mona Vale - NSW  
Thursday Dec 10 Heritage Hotel  - Wollongong - NSW
Friday Dec 11 Cambridge Hotel - Newcastle -  NSW 
Saturday Dec 12 Doyalson RSL -  Doyalson -  NSW 
Thursday Dec 17 Theatre Royal -  Castlemaine -  VIC
Friday Dec 18 Bended Elbow -  Geelong - VIC
Saturday Dec 19 Hellenic Hall -  Hobart - TAS