Walter Salas-Humara and the Silos with Jon Langford House Concert

Join us for a Sunday evening concert with Walter Salas-Humara and the Silos with special guest Jon Langford. Doors open at 6 pm. Music starts around 7 pm. $30. This is going to be very exciting. Walter, The Silos and Jon will be coming from a 5 night run of shows in NYC and Philly so they will be tuned up!

If you know me, you already know all you need about Jon Langford. But Walter and the Silos are new to me. Walter’s musical career started with The Silos, the still-kicking band Salas-Humara co-founded in New York’s post-punk ‘80s scene. Playing alt-country before anyone called it that, they were named Best New Artist in the 1987 Rolling Stone Critics Poll. Throughout Salas-Humara’s career his voice has remained textured like a walnut; meanwhile, his narratives focus not on interior, abstract weaves of doubts and anxieties but on storytelling. He renders small incidents in granular detail that take on the weight of attentive, convincing poetry and wry wordplay. Each tune is marked by such humanity, which offers much refuge in a convulsive time.

Salas-Humara’s legacy would seem secure; his name is on 24 albums, his amazing Horse Paintings hang in homes and galleries around the world, and his WaltersDogs portraits even appeared in the film Get Him to the Greek. but he’s hardly ready to call it a day. “It's still really fun for me,” he says of his musical pursuits. “In fact, I'm much happier than I've ever been in my life. I really enjoy traveling around entertaining. I see myself as an artist, but I also see myself as a communicator and entertainer — and teacher and mentor. And I love that. Back in the day, the Silos just blasted everybody's faces off. We hardly talked at all. Now, I play a songs, I tell stories. Then I hang out after.”

https://www.thesilos.net/home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-_-vBSiD1w Walter Salas-Humara “She’s a Caveman”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jJoUi_rVZs Walter Salas-Humara “I’m Over You"

https://www.mekons.de/mekonhom.htm

https://wacobrothers.net/

Directions and Details: Fleetwood is outside of Reading, PA. My house is in the middle of the woods at the end of a dead end lane. A flashlight is helpful to have getting back to your car. Once at the intersection of Fry Road and 662, and you have turned onto Fry, you will see No Outlet sign. Just keep going straight 2/3 mile to our drive, the only right hand turn on the lane. Watch for deer, especially at night. You’ll pass our mailbox on the right where the lane narrows and becomes stone. Follow stone into driveway. Park anywhere along the driveway or in the big lot. The performance space is acoustically wonderful. All shows are BYOB. There is comfy floor and sofa space for sleep overs. Wheel chair accessible. Contact me about these topics.