Talk:Tommy Malone (musician)

Protected edit request on 10 April 2014

I would like to add a Biography with a citation.

Tommy Malone was born on September 16 1957 in New Orleans Louisiana. He was raised in Louisiana with his brothers who are also musicians. He received his first guitar in 1970 and has been in various bands throughout his career which spans over 30 years. The first band he joined was when he was in high school. From 1972-1975 Tommy was the guitarist for Elroy, they played mainly covers from the rock genre to the blues. Some of his bandmates were his brothers John and Dave. They also were in the band Dustwoofie that followed Elroy from 1975-1977. Tommy briefly played with the band the Cartoons from 1979-1980 until he joined The Percolators. This lead to the formation of Continental Drifters whose members were the core of The Percolators; Tommy Malone, John Magnie and Kenneth Blevins. From 1984 up until 1987 the Continental Drifters played many gigs. The Subdudes followed in Tommy’s career, they toured for 10 years and made several records. When his long run with the Subdudes ended he had a short run on a project called Tiny Town. Tommy is a remarkable Americana artist who has toured extensively. He started doing solo work in 2001. Louisiana Red Hot Records released Tommy’s first solo album “Soul Heavy,” he toured with a trio and was involved in other projects throughout this time as well. Tommy was a part of combination a group called The Dudes, the members were some of the original Subdudes and eventually the band was reverted back to The Subdudes. Tommy continued doing solo work, he was signed to M.C. Records in 2011 for his album Natural Born Days and is currently still signed to the label with his latest release Poor Boy coming out on April 29th 2014.

Russell, Richard. "Tommy Malone." (2004): n. page. Print. <http://subdudes.com/tommy.php>.

Michellem024 (talk) 14:29, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Does not cite any reliable independent sources which properly demonstrate that he passes any of our criteria for determining the notability of musicians. The only "citation" given is his profile on the webpage of his own band, which is a primary source that cannot confer notability, not an independent source. In addition, the user would be much better off following the WP:AFC process to get an article created, instead of trying to do it this way. Bearcat (talk) 21:47, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Not done: As Bearcat says, it would be better to do this via articles for creation. As well as reviewing Wikipedia:Notability (music), you might also want to check out the simple guide to notability on Wikipedia, which will give you a quick overview. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 03:57, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

I requested a page to be made for the artist including some secondary sources that could be used, thank you for the suggestion, I just want to make sure it is done properly. I apologize for my errors.