with special guest, Walter Salas Humara of The Silos.
About this Event
Join Freedy Johnston for an evening of conversation, and song, with special guest,
Walter Salas Humara of The Silos.
The Collective is located at 323 Washington St., suite #4, Hoboken. Take elevator to the 4th floor. Show starts promptly at 8pm and ends at 9pm. Doors open at 7:30pm.
Seating is limited. Register early. BYOB. No admission charge, but we’ll be passing the hat.
Freedy Johnston is a singer-songwriter, originally from Kansas. He moved to New York in the 1980’s, and landed a deal with Bar None Records in Hoboken. His 2nd record for them in 1992 was his breakthrough album “Can You Fly”. He then signed to Elektra Records, and in 1994 worked with producer Butch Vig on the record “This Perfect World,” which featured the radio hit “Bad Reputation,” & earned him Rolling Stones’s Songwriter of the Year award for 1994. His songs were featured in the movies “Kingpin,” “Kicking & Screaming”, &“Heavy.” His most recent album is On the Road to You, released in 2022 on 40 Below Records. He now lives in New Jersey.
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Walter Salas-Humara is the chief songwriter for & a founding member of The Silos, a rock band formed in 1985 in New York City with Bob Rupe. The Silos were voted the Best New American Band in the Rolling Stone Critics Poll of 1987, & have released more than a dozen albums to date. As described by Stephen Holden in the New York Times, “The band’s austere style inflects the astringent twang of the Velvet Underground with the drone of R.E.M. & adds countryish echoes that
recall Gram Parsons.”
Salas-Humara has also recorded 4 solo records, numerous live albums & several one-offs with other songwriters, & produced albums for other artists. He is of
Cuban-American extraction & known for his occasional use of Spanish-language lyrics. He works as a painter & visual artist. https://www.waltersalashumara.com/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Collective Hoboken, 323 Washington St., Hoboken, United States
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