Talk:W. G. Snuffy Walden

Photo from Commons
Suggested edit:

Found this photo on the commons. ESparky (talk) 01:48, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

✅ 0.82em 03:52, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Up To Snuff the documentary
I am not a paid, but I do have a real life connection to Mr. Walden, so I won't be editing the article. I'm collecting references for the documentary about his early career. If kept short, the prose about the film might go toward expanding the lead section. ESparky (talk) 19:26, 17 March 2018 (UTC)


 * The film has won an overall (feature film) and two categories in the first two months, obviously a notable item for this subject, adding anymore details here would be overkill. ESparky (talk) 13:59, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

In March 2018, Up To Snuff, a film about Walden's career, won the documentary competition in its premier at the Pasadena International Film Festival. In April, Up To Snuff won the Feature Film, Audience Choice Award at the Phoenix Film Festival, and an Audience Choice Award (Music) at the Newport Beach Film Festival. The story of Walden's career is told by: Aaron Sorkin, Martin Sheen, Tom Arnold, Timothy Busfield, Fred Savage and Eric Burdon.

Reply 22-MAY-2018
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 * 1) The claim regarding the film winning at the Pasadena film festival was included, but the other mentions concern audience awards and were omitted.
 * 2) The following were added to the article: BLP sources, IMDb refimprove and List to table maintenance templates. The article contains IMDb references which should be addressed, and other areas which are in need of referencing (to a large degree, the information in the lists). As the information under 'Discography' is a stand alone list not linked, to a large degree, to anything else — the lists ought to be placed in sort-able tables capable of handling reference entries as well as other information about their production.
 * Regards,  .  spinten do    17:49, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Additional implementations
Thank you for your edit, some edits to clean up maintenance tags. Thank you.ESparky (talk) 21:59, 22 May 2018 (UTC)


 * 1) The IMDb reference adds nothing, claims are supported in other refs -- please delete IMDB ref
 * 2) Replace reverence #6 "Nickname" with
 * 3) Replace Professional success w changes below.
 * 4) Awards & Nominations and Discography sections are reordered (chron) with additional references.
 * 5) Filmography reordered (chron) -- wikitable not implemented because section would take up entire page.

Professional success
Following his success as a touring and session musician and an Emmy nomination for the "Theme from Thirtysomething", Walden scored numerous television series, including Roseanne, Ellen, My So-Called Life, Felicity, Early Edition, Sports Night, The West Wing, George Lopez, I'll Fly Away, The Stand, Huff, Once and Again, Friday Night Lights and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

In the summer of 2001, Walden released a solo album of mainly acoustic guitar pieces titled Music by... W. G. Snuffy Walden. The album included expanded or full versions of many of Walden's themes, such as "Once and Again", "Eugene's Ragtop", "Thirtysomething (Revisited)", and "West Wing Suite".

In July 2002, Tom Guerra conducted a comprehensive interview of Walden for Vintage Guitar Magazine. In April 2008, Stephen J. Abramson interviewed Walden for a four-hour, multi-part video series for the Television Academy.

In March 2018, Up To Snuff, a film about Walden's career, won the documentary competition in its premier at the Pasadena International Film Festival.

Awards and nominations
Emmy Awards
 * 2000 Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music – The West Wing

Emmy Nominations
 * 1988 Emmy Nomination for Main Title Theme Music – thirtysomething
 * 1992 Emmy Nomination for Main Title Theme Music – I'll Fly Away
 * 1994 Emmy Nomination for Best Original Score – Stephen King's The Stand
 * 1995 Emmy Nomination for Main Title Theme Music – My So-Called Life
 * 1997 Emmy Nomination for Main Title Theme Music – Early Edition
 * 1997 Emmy Nomination for Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – Early Edition
 * 2000 Emmy Nomination for Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – Felicity
 * 2001 Emmy Nomination for Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – The West Wing
 * 2003 Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music – Miracles
 * 2005 Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music – Huff
 * 2007 Emmy Nomination for Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – Kidnapped

BMI Awards
 * The Wonder Years (1988, 1989, 1990 )
 * The Jackie Thomas Show (1993)
 * Ellen (1994, 1995)
 * Roseanne (1994, 1995, 1996)
 * The Drew Carey Show (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
 * The Norm Show (1999)
 * Richard Kirk Ward BMI Award for Outstanding Career Achievement (2001)
 * Providence (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003)
 * The West Wing (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
 * Men of a Certain Age (2010)

Discography
Solo albums


 * Music by... W. G. Snuffy Walden (2001, Windham Hill Records)

Stray Dog albums


 * Stray Dog (1973)
 * Fasten Your Seat Belts (1973)
 * While You're Down There (1974)

Compilation albums


 * Still (1973, Peter Sinfield - Command Studios)
 * thirtysomething Soundtrack (1991, Geffen Records)
 * Babylon Minstrels (1992, Hollywood Records)
 * The Stand (1994, ABC Circle Music)
 * My-So Called Life Soundtrack (1995, Atlantic Records)
 * A Winter's Solstice VI (1997, Windham Hill Records)
 * Celtic Christmas III (1997, Windham Hill Records)
 * The Carols Of Christmas II (1997, Windham Hill Records)
 * Summer Solstice 2 (1998, Windham Hill Records)
 * Sounds Of Wood & Steel (1998, Windham Hill Records)
 * Celtic Christmas IV (1998, Windham Hill Records)
 * Touch – Windham Hill 25 Years of Guitar (2001, Windham Hill Records)
 * A Winter's Solstice, Vol. 1: Silver Anniversary Edition (2001, Windham Hill Records)
 * A Windham Hill Christmas (2002, Windham Hill Records)
 * Windham Hill Chill: Ambient Acoustic (2003, Windham Hill Records)
 * Windham Hill Chill 2 (2003, Windham Hill Records)
 * Friday Night Lights Vol. 2 (2010)
 * The West Wing (2017, Varese Sarabande)

Filmography
Filmography


 * Winnie (TV movie) (1988)
 * Roe vs. Wade (TV movie) (1989)
 * The Outsiders (TV series) (1990)
 * Working Girl (TV series) (1990)
 * Burning Bridges (TV movie) (1990)
 * thirtysomething (TV series) (1987–1990)
 * Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? (TV movie) (1990)
 * The Chase (TV movie) (1991)
 * Leaving Normal (Film) (1992)
 * I'll Fly Away (TV series) (1991–1992)
 * Crossroads (TV series) (1992)
 * Wild Card (TV movie) (1992)
 * The Jackie Thomas Show (TV series) (1992)
 * The Good Fight (TV movie) (1992)
 * The Wonder Years (TV series) (1988–1993)
 * A Place to Be Loved (TV movie) (1993)
 * I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (TV movie) (1993)
 * Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story (TV movie) (1994)
 * Tom (TV series) (1994)
 * The Stand (TV mini-series) (1994)
 * Sweet Justice (TV series) (1994)
 * Homage (Film) (1995)
 * My So-Called Life (TV series) (1994–1995)
 * The Monroes (TV series) (1995)
 * A Friend's Betrayal (TV movie) (1996)
 * Homecoming (TV movie) (1996)
 * Ink (TV series) (1996)
 * Relativity (TV series) (1996–1997)
 * Roseanne (TV series) (1993–1997)
 * 413 Hope St. (TV series) (1997)
 * Early Edition (TV series) (1996–1998)
 * Ellen (TV series) (1994–1998)
 * Maggie Winters (TV series) (1998)
 * Cupid (TV series) (1998–1999)
 * Norm (TV series) (1999)
 * Roswell (TV series) (1999)
 * Sports Night (TV series) (1998–2000)
 * The $treet (TV series) (2000)


 * Rock & Roll Back to School Special (TV movie) (2001)
 * Three Sisters (TV series) (2001)
 * First Years (TV series) (2001)
 * Providence (TV series) (1999–2001)
 * It's Like, You Know... (TV series) (1999–2001)
 * George Lopez (TV series) (2002)
 * Once and Again (TV series) (1999–2002)
 * Felicity (TV series) (1998–2002)
 * Hidden Hills (TV series) (2002)
 * Mister Sterling (TV series) (2003)
 * The Drew Carey Show (TV series) (1998–2003)
 * The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (TV series) (2003)
 * The Lyon's Den (TV series) (2003)
 * Boomtown (TV series) (2003)
 * 1/4life (TV movie) (2005)
 * The Book of Daniel (TV series) (2006)
 * Surface (TV series) (2005–2006)
 * The West Wing (TV series) (1999–2006)
 * The Jake Effect (TV series) (2006)
 * Huff (TV series) (2004–2006)
 * Kidnapped (TV series) (2006–2007)
 * The War at Home (TV series) (2005–2007)
 * Heartland (TV series) (2007)
 * Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV series) (2006–2007)
 * Quarterlife (TV series) (2008)
 * In Plain Sight (TV series) (2008)
 * A Marriage (TV movie) (2009)
 * Lipstick Jungle (TV series) (2008–2009)
 * The Beast (TV series) (2009)
 * Hawthorne (TV series) (2009)
 * Men of a Certain Age (TV series) (2009–2010)
 * Huge (TV series) (2010)
 * In the Key of Eli (2011)
 * Friday Night Lights (TV series) (2006–2011)
 * A Gifted Man (TV series) (2011–2012)
 * Stetson, Street Dog of Park City (Film) (2012)
 * Under the Dome (TV series) (2013–2015)
 * Nashville (TV series) (Credited as Snuffy Walden) (2013–)

Reply 22-MAY-2018
Your edit request proposal contains text to be placed into the article; however, much of the text is identical to that which is already present in the article. Adding the proposal as it is shown in the request without specifying a verbatim description of which text is to be removed would double the size of the article. Please indicate what specific changes are to be made by including the text that is to be removed, followed by the text that is meant to replace it. Each individual change should be in the format of "Please change X to Y". Thank you!  .  spinten do    23:05, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Request 22-MAY-2018

 * 1) Please change entire section content W._G._Snuffy_Walden to Talk:Extended content:Professional success content.
 * 2) Please change entire section content W._G._Snuffy_Walden to Talk:Extended content:Awards and nominations content
 * 3) Please change entire section content W._G._Snuffy_Walden to Talk:Extended content:Discography content
 * 4) Please change entire section content W._G._Snuffy_Walden to Talk:Extended content:Filmography content
 * 5) Please remove: Do not replace
 * 6) Please remove: replace with updated pointer
 * 7) Remove various maintenance tags.


 * The update for Awards, Discography and Filmography sections fixes chronological order (oldest to newest) per Manual of Style/Lists of works and provides additional references.
 * The update to "Professional success" removes some un-referenced cruft, changes preposition in first para for career change flow, adds verbiage about a Television Academy interview and adds supporting references.
 * I enjoy working with wikitables, but the Filmography spans multiple years, these tables tend to get too complicated for casual editors to update.

When I ping you on open issues, do I need to include the Request edit template? Thank you ESparky (talk) 03:38, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Reply
I'm afraid I don't understand your request to "change entire section content". What is it, about those sections, that you'd like changed? It appears as if you'd like to link those sections to the talk page in some way, but that's an impracticable request. Please clarify.  .  spinten do    06:02, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I see now what you meant with your request, that the material on the talk page was to replace that which was on the article space. Ive done this for all the sections except the Filmography section. I think this needs to be clarified what it means by filmography, specifically, what it was that his credit was applied as (e.g., music editor, etc.)  .  spinten do    06:37, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Filmography request
Wikitable as requested:
 * 1) Please replace bulleted list in Filmography section with wikitable provided below.
 * 2) Please remove maintenance banners.
 * Most of the titles are blue linked, so if other interested editors want to chase down references, it may (or may not) still be possible. Thank you!ESparky (talk) 00:19, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * P.S. is there some reason that we did not implement the Professional success section? I just discovered this fact. If reference pointers in the Filmography do not work, it is because I was under the impression that the last Request edit was fully implemented (excepting the Filmography). Some new source references may have been declared in my proposed "Professional success" section update. Thank You! ESparky (talk) 06:05, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Filmography reply 24-MAY-2018
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 * 1) I've added the Filmography table. Thank you for creating that.
 * 2) The Professional success section I've added, but I've removed that heading and placed the information under Musical career, as that encompasses the same topic area.
 * 3) When citing information from RhythmOne Group websites (AllMovies and AllMusic) please use the AllMovie and AllMusic reference templates.


 * Regards,  .  spinten do    11:44, 24 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you, for cleaning up the Filmography, I've dumped a lot to unexpected hours on this -- thanks for taking the initiative -- you could have kicked it back. Very much appreciate the time you've expended here. Removing the "Professional success" section label really improves the flow, reads much better now.


 * I didn't realize (or had forgotten) that the AllMovie and AllMusic ref templates exist, I'll use them from now on. ESparky (talk) 16:53, 24 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Perhaps one tidy up? Add a legend to last row to the Filmography?
 * ! Colspan="5"| Unless otherwise noted, the default for the "Type" column (empty) is Television Series.
 * Then we can remove the few instances of "TV series" instead of filling every entry? Thanks! ESparky (talk) 17:22, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Then we can remove the few instances of "TV series" instead of filling every entry? Thanks! ESparky (talk) 17:22, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Tidy up issues
|- ! Colspan="5"| Unless otherwise noted, the default for the "Type" column (empty) is Television Series.
 * 1. Add a legend to last row to the Filmography wikitable


 * 2. Remove instances of "TV series" from "Type" column for uniformity.
 * 3. Citation needed tag, I presume the citation needed tag is about the DOB. Birth-date is on his personal Facebook page (month, day), but not public facing. Other sources appear to rely on Wikipedia for birth-date. Alternately, most sources report that Walden was born in Louisiana and grew up in Texas (several already in the ref section , but one errantly claims born in Texas in title.)

Thank you!ESparky (talk) 21:41, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

✅ The table lists TV series, TV movies and films all in equal measure, with many of them still not filled out and/or undetermined. Not having them filled out can be confusing in certain scenarios. For instance, when the table is sorted according to type, it may be assumed in the case of blank cells that they take on the characteristics of whichever labeled cell is above them, which in this case would be false. It would be best to have all the cells labeled so they sort according to type.  .  spinten do    00:34, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

Filmography May24 (b)
Per previous discussion, Type column fields populated. Thank you! ESparky (talk) 07:09, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) Please replace the Filmography table with the table provided below.

✅ Also, the first entry should specify whether he was an actor in front of the camera in this episode or a musician behind the camera; just putting "guitarist" is not clear. Thanks  .  spinten do    09:06, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * If you check back to my first submission of the wikitable, I had Actor/guitarist, I thought you took it out for some reason. Thus, I was hesitant to put back in, what you had already taken out. Photo: back row, right, playing the six string -- he would probably like to have it forgotten. Thanks again! ESparky (talk) 09:18, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

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 * W.G. Snuffy Walden at Taylor Made Studios.jpg

Boll Weevil Blues
The personnel on this track from John 'Rabbit' Bundrick's Broken Arrows (1973) album was never listed on either the LP or the re-issue CD, it is common knowledge among the fan-base forums, etc., that that's Snuffy on guitar. I've written to see if he'll come out on this or if he'll remain cagey about it or not. Also, Free/Bad Co's Simon Kirke is rumored to be the drummer. 50.111.0.4 (talk) 18:43, 18 January 2020 (UTC)