A near constant presence on the Texas Music Chart since its inception as a songwriter, producer, singer, guitar player and artist, Wilkins spent a solid decade in the Nashville Country Music business trenches, writing songs he wanted to be recorded by artists he admired. There are indeed some noteworthy cuts: "Seven Hillsides," by Ricky Skaggs, on a record that won a bluegrass-gospel Grammy. Ty Herndon, during his heyday, made "Big Hopes" the title of his 3rd album for Sony, and there have been roughly a dozen other songs on major-label records. But it was Pat Green's recordings of several songs that made Wilkins' name known in Texas. "God Bless Pat," Wilkins' work has been likened to the greatest and most timeless of the Texas/American troubadours: Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, and Kevin Welch among others. But it's the John Steinbeck comparison that means the most. "It was in a review of 'Fire, Honey & Angels,' in Country Standard Time. 

About Walt’s latest record “Pedernales” Alan Cackett of Americana, Roots, Country & Bluegrass Music wrote:   Recalling a gentler, genial time ruled by country singer-songwriters like Roger Miller, Tom T. Hall, Don Williams and the more-folksy James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot and John Denver, he marries elegant instrumentation with the kind of sentimental and rootsy folk-meets-country soul that is reminiscent of the best of yesteryear’s finest.