ASMAC Podcast

William Garrett Walden, known as W. G. Snuffy Walden (born February 13, 1950) is an American musician and composer of film and television soundtracks. He has been nominated for numerous Emmy Awards throughout his career. In recent years he has composed for TV shows including: Under The Dome, Aquarius, Nashville, The Stand, West Wing, Felicity, Thirty Something, Drew Carey Show, and The Wonder Years. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music Introduced by Ray Charles.

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Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of film and television productions. His most popular works include the scores to The Magnificent Seven, The Ten Commandments, The Great Escape, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, The Black Cauldron, Airplane!, and The Rookies. Bernstein won an Oscar for his score to Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and was nominated for fourteen Oscars in total. He also won two Golden Globes and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. Introduced by David Raksin.

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Earl Cyril Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was an American rock & roll and rhythm and blues drummer, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; known as a member of “The Wrecking Crew.” Palmer played on many recording sessions, including Little Richard's first several albums and many other iconic Rock & Roll songs. Introduced by Ray Charles.

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Eugene Thomas Puerling (March 31, 1929 – March 25, 2008) was a vocal performer and vocal arranger. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Puerling created and led the vocal groups The Hi-Lo's and The Singers Unlimited. He was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices in 1982 for his arrangement of "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (as performed by The Manhattan Transfer). Introduced by John Clayton with a performance of the “ASMAC All-Star Singers” with a tribute to Gene Puerling, arranged by Ian Freebairn-Smith.

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Bruce Lambourne Fowler (born July 10, 1947) is a prominent American trombone player and composer. He played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart and in the Fowler Brothers Band. Currently, he composes and arranges music for movies, and has been the composer, orchestrator, or conductor for many popular films. Walt Fowler (born March 2, 1955) began his career as a trumpet player and joined Frank Zappa’s band in 1974. In the mid-1990s, he began orchestrating for major motion picture soundtracks. He has performed with James Taylor since joining his band in 2001. Introduced by Kim Richmond.

For more information on this luncheon with Bruce and Walt Fowler, go to: http://www.asmac.org/bruce-fowlerwalt-fowler-luncheon-november-18-2009/

William Garrett Walden, known as W. G. Snuffy Walden (born February 13, 1950) is an American musician and composer of film and television soundtracks. He has been nominated for numerous Emmy Awards throughout his career. In recent years he has composed for TV shows including: Under The Dome, Aquarius, Nashville, The Stand, West Wing, Felicity, Thirty Something, Drew Carey Show, and The Wonder Years. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music Introduced by Ray Charles.

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Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of film and television productions. His most popular works include the scores to The Magnificent Seven, The Ten Commandments, The Great Escape, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, The Black Cauldron, Airplane!, and The Rookies. Bernstein won an Oscar for his score to Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and was nominated for fourteen Oscars in total. He also won two Golden Globes and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. Introduced by David Raksin.

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Earl Cyril Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was an American rock & roll and rhythm and blues drummer, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; known as a member of “The Wrecking Crew.” Palmer played on many recording sessions, including Little Richard's first several albums and many other iconic Rock & Roll songs. Introduced by Ray Charles.

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Eugene Thomas Puerling (March 31, 1929 – March 25, 2008) was a vocal performer and vocal arranger. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Puerling created and led the vocal groups The Hi-Lo's and The Singers Unlimited. He was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices in 1982 for his arrangement of "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (as performed by The Manhattan Transfer). Introduced by John Clayton with a performance of the “ASMAC All-Star Singers” with a tribute to Gene Puerling, arranged by Ian Freebairn-Smith.

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Charles Ira Fox (born October 30, 1940) is an American composer for film and television. His most heard compositions are probably the "love themes" (the sunshine pop musical backgrounds which accompanied every episode of the 1970s ABC-TV show Love, American Style), and the dramatic theme music to ABC's Wide World of Sports and the original Monday Night Football, as well as his (and Norman Gimbel's) Grammy winning hit song "Killing Me Softly With His Song". He has composed music for Love Boat, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Scarface, 9 to 5, and Barbarella. Introduced by Allyn Ferguson.

For more information on this luncheon with Charlie Fox, go to: http://www.asmac.org/charlie-fox-luncheon/