Tony Memmel

Tony Memmel was born missing his left forearm, and taught himself to play the guitar by constructing a self-made cast out of Gorilla Tape that secures a guitar pick to his arm. He won a Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Award for Singer-Songwriter of the year (2013), and made the Nashville Songwriters Association Top 40. The press has taken notice, earning Tony write-ups in the Associated Press, CNN, Boston Globe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Chicago Tribune. A two-time American Music Abroad (AMA) alumnus, Tony toured Brazil, Panama, Paraguay, and Uruguay in 2016, and Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Taiwan in 2017. He also served as a key faculty member for the 2019 AMA Academy in Bangkok, Thailand. Tony is an “ambassador” with the non-profit organization “Lucky Fin Project,” a support group for children with hand and limb differences. He also teaches adaptive guitar lessons to students with physical differences and helps them to develop unique, custom methods and devices that allow them to play. Tony has a B.A. in music and was trained as a classical vocalist.

Website: http://tonymemmel.com/wp/