W. G. Snuffy Walden
- January 10, 2024
- Composer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | W. G. Snuffy Walden |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Date Of Birth | Feb 13, 1950(1950-02-13) |
| Age | 74 |
| Birthplace | Louisiana |
| Country | United States |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
W. G. Snuffy Walden Biography
| Name | W. G. Snuffy Walden |
| Birthday | Feb 13 |
| Birth Year | 1950 |
| Place Of Birth | Louisiana |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
W. G. Snuffy Walden is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on February 13, 1950 in Louisiana, United States. Walden was born in Louisiana on 13 February 1950. He was raised within Houston, Texas. His graduation of Lamar High School in Houston in the year 1967. In college, he took classes in mathematics and science. was able to finish his education as a radio host on a late night show on KRBE in Houston as well as playing guitar in a stripclub.
in the spring of 2001 Walden recorded a self-titled album composed of mostly Acoustic guitar tracks entitled”Music” from… W. G. Snuffy Walden. The album contained extended or complete versions of many of his themes, including “Once and Again”, “Eugene’s Ragtop”, “Thirtysomething (Revisited)” as well as “West Wing Suite”.
In September 2018, Walden starred in a 1950s style cover of Africa by Toto along with the musical collective Postmodern Jukebox on YouTube.
In March 2018, Up to Snuff, a documentary film about Walden’s career, won the documentary competition in its premier at the Pasadena International Film Festival.
The year 1975 was the time Walden relocated in 1975 to Los Angeles and spent the remainder of the decade as a solo artist , and performing with other artists, including Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, and Eric Burdon. Also, in 1975-76, the singer-songwriter was again in place of Paul Kossoff as a session musician on Back Street Crawler’s Second Street album. Around the middle of the 1980s, television producers and agents became aware of Walden by his local appearances at Santa Monica. When approached for the next TV show Walden was not sure about the offer but agreed to the deal. “I could see the handwriting on the wall for touring,” the singer would later recall, “and it wasn’t pretty. I was always thinking of Holiday Inn at age 60.” The show on television that he was cast in was thirtysomething. It proved to be a hugely successful television show and drastically altered Walden’s musical career.
W. G. Snuffy Walden Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Composer |
| House | Living in own house. |
W. G. Snuffy Walden is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, W. G. Snuffy Walden 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
William Garrett Walden, known as W. G. Snuffy Walden (born on 13th February 1950) is an American musician and composer of television and film soundtracks. Walden was an Emmy Award winner for his work on the theme music for The West Wing (NBC) and has been nominated to numerous Emmys over the course of his career. He has also been awarded the award of 26 BMI Awards.
In the latter half of the 1960s, Walden dropped out of school and quit his job and decided to play the guitar full-time. He picked up a bassist (Al Roberts) and drummer (Randy Reeder) to form a trio group called Aphrodite. They began touring and ended up in Denver and played local clubs as well as opening for acts such as Buddy Miles. In Denver when Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s manager Neville Chesters, saw them in a bar and suggested they sign an recording contract with the ELP record label Manticore. After 1972, they relocated from the US to England and was reformed conserving Al Roberts and changing the name to Stray Dog. In the UK, they contracted by Manticore in 1972, and Greg Lake produced three songs from their debut album Stray Dog. The group’s new members toured with ELP as their open act but they never did anything to really take off, and then eventually disbanded. After the dissolution of the group, Walden supplanted the ailing Paul Kossoff by providing guitar tracks for Free’s final album Heartbreaker which came out in 1973. (Walden is featured on ‘Common Mortal”, ‘Easy On My Soul’, and Seven Angels’). Also, he played electric guitar on his solo debut album Still, which was written by King Crimson the lyricist Peter Sinfield. In 1975 the band was formed by Eric Burdon Band and performed for one year with them.
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.
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