In 1988 The Silos embarked on their first national tour. 75 concerts in 75 different cities and towns in 90 days. It was a transcontinental warp speed non-stop rock and roll adventure. Somewhere towards the end of the tour they rolled into Milwaukee and slayed the crowd that had gathered at the infamous Toad Cafe to hear the New York City band that all the critics were talking about after the release of their seminal album "Cuba." The recording represents the early Silos at their youthful zenith.

Released December 25, 2024 Copyright Sonic Pyramid

Recorded Live at the Toad Cafe in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on The Silos 1988 Tour. Walter Salas-Humara - Voice and Guitar Bob Rupe - Voice and Guitar John Ross - Bass John Galway - Drums

We've recorded a new Holiday Single! It's titled “It's A Little Late For Christmas” The song's lyrics were written by our dear friends Paul Cullum and Cathy Crane with melody by Walter and brought to life by: Konrad Meissner - Engineering Rod Hohl - Production and Mixing Walter Salas-Humara - Voice Mary Rowell - Violin Rod Hohl - Guitar Bruce Martin - Piano Caitlin Oliver-Gans - Bass Konrad Meissner - Drums

The bonus track we've uploaded “You Are Always In My Heart” was written by Walter and Jonathan Spottiswoode and recorded by Walter and Jonathan with the always loved and never forgotten Drew Glackin on bass and guitar and the amazing and ever present Konrad Meissner on percussion. It's a beautiful track that always reminds us of Drew and how wonderful it was to have him in our lives.

THE SILOS “FAMILY” Over the decades The Silos have morphed time and time again, expanding and expanding, not only the territory we cover, but the membership in our little community. The band is a Family to me, hence the title of the new album. There are members all over the United States and in parts of Europe. This album was recorded in the Northeast, the Midwest, Texas and Germany, with members from all those regions dropping in on each other’s tracks via our modern technology.

1 My Favorite Animal A melodic rock effort with a funky groove and sticky guitar and organ hooks. The lyric condenses the diversity in our cultures and ecosystems into a beautiful universality. Certainly the right message in troubled times.

2 The Right Palace Steampunk Blues with lyrics by the esteemed novelist Jonathan Lethem. The Right King is going out of his mind while his Cat looks on and eventually goes back to bed.

3 Dreaming of Paris A beautiful ballad of humans and animals alike working and surviving, but they really just want to go to Paris.

4 Colorado River 16 souls on an epic journey down the river through the canyon of biblical significance. The river as a metaphor for the amazing journey we call life delivered in an organic, slightly psychedelic, mix of American music genres. An epic song delivered by an epic band. Americana cold fact.

5 Snow King Modern Rock speaking about The Winter? The White Man? Aterna-Rock for Woke-Is-Tan or Straight Talk for Every Man?

6 The Spanish Man Another beautiful ballad with a bit of a Latin flare. The Spanish Man sings of his dysfunctional yet loving relationship with his mentally handicapped German Son.

7 Rocking and Raging Rocking R & B for the masses. Dance Party all the way.

8 Dominico Del Vecchio Lane A portrait of a kid finding his oats and becoming a man. Humorous, danceable, likable.

9 Puede Ser A Latin Beat with a story about the possibility of romantic love. Could it be? Could it be? It could be?

10 Love and Trust and Friends A classic R & B groove. A familiar and timeless melody with a message of positivity and whole-heartedness. A summation of all things Silos.

Walter Salas-Humara WALTERIO song synopsis

EL CAMINO DE ORO The central character of this song is the community and the power it wields if everyone sticks together, collaborates, and creates a harmonious life. The refrain sings “We will not be silenced. Let us raise our voice to the Power of the Community!”

HERE WE GO This is an ode to the love of travel and worldly experience, both cultural and natural - to the freedom of the road and all the good will that can be spread if one simply just gets out there and does it. The choruses name check many spots that world traveling hipsters, activists, surfers and adventurers are influencing and being influenced by, from the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia to the jungles of the Amazon, from the cafes of Europe to the temples of Cambodia, from the markets of North Africa to the deserts of New Mexico.

WILL YOU BE READY There seems to be a lot of armchair patriots these days. Many of us are fervent idealists. but how much are we really willing to sacrifice for our beliefs? What are the real problems and who is the real enemy? Racists?, the Government?, Religion? If there really was a new world order, how would we get there? Who would we be fighting and with what weapons?

SHE’S A CAVEMAN This is as much a homage to primitive rock as it is to primitive humans. It muscular delivery celebrates the power of man AND woman as they work together to build the human race.

I WANT TO BE WITH YOU Just a simple love song in the teen pop tradition. She’s going off with another guy. Why can’t she just settle down with me?

HECHO EN GALICIA Galicia is the land of my ancestors. The song speaks of them getting together and leading a life of love and valor, and of course making babies.

COME IN A SINGER This song speaks to every artist’ s desire to be remembered and and especially to have their work remembered. We come into this life creating our songs and weaving our stories, and leave behind memories and the songs that embody them. “You’re never a legend, until you are gone. You come in a singer and leave a song.”

HARD (ONLY HUMAN) The tired musician comes home from the road and is greeted by his hip rock chick girlfriend whose idea of a reunion is to have a threesome with nice looking guy she just met. The scene culminates with her being thrown out, but hey, she’s “only human, just like the rest.”

SHOULD I WAIT FOR TOMORROW Another simple love song in the emotionally charged tradition of soul ballads. We love each other but we can’t seem to get it together and she’s not completely sure about it. Is it over or should I wait for tomorrow?

OUT OF THE BAND This is a page out of every band’s existence. There is that moment when someone in the band keeps fucking up the song over and over and the rest of the band just wants to fire him/her on the spot. But in this case the audience loves the song and they are all cursed with having to play it over and over while having “to admit that the rest of their music is nothing but shit.”

I'm very happy to announce the completion of the next volume of the Work series, the new album "Work: Part Two". It's produced by the amazing Rich Brotherton.

It features Rich on guitar, mandolin, dobro, 12-string guitar and cittern, Jonathan Rundman on piano and accordion, Mary Rowell and Maddy Brotherton on violn, Amy Allison along with Rich and Jonathan on supporting vocals, Kathy Brotherton on Piano and EJ Jones on flute.

Walter rocks a sweet Spanish melody, swings a sexy jazz number, and then reaches deep for a soulful expression of values in a troubled world. He tops it all with a funky number chronicling three American misfits searching for peace of mind and headed for disaster on the shores of Mexico -- all skillfully blended into a seamless flow. Original release April 12, 2016 - Sonic Pyramid.

Produced and Mixed by Walter Salas-Humara. “Don’t Tear Me Down” Produced and Mixed by Vincent Gates. Mastered by Dave McNair. Recorded by Franz Sonnauer, Vincent Gates, Konrad Meissner, Joe Reyes, Jonathan Rundman, Rod Hohl, Andrea Wittgens, Steve Hamilton, Tom Freund, and Walter Salas-Humara. Design by Sheila Sachs. Photography by Ignacio Salas-Humara and Amy Daggett.

Working The Waterfront, The Best Thing, Don't Tear Me Down, and Penelope were written at The Steel Bridge Songfest.

Special thanks to the Executive Producers who generously supported the making of this album: Rich Bailen, Sophie and Josie Bassett, Steve Brown, Joe Kempler and Ellen Miller, Ron and Julie Kern, Mickey, Nikki, Eve and Aaron Martin, John C. McCulloch, Scott Robinson, Bill Sifer, Larry and Amy Young and Friends.

Musicans: Walter Salas-Humara, Jonathan Rundman, Joe Reyes, Maex Huber, Philipp Knaap, Scott Garber, Andrea Wittgens, Brad Bays, Ryan Williams, Konrad Meissner, Rod Hohl, Liv Mueller, Mark Dixon, Vincent Gates, Jimm McIver, Tarl Knight, Greg Roteik, Sarven Manguiat, Tom Freund, and Paul Cullum.

The first in a series of albums showcasing acoustic versions of my best songs. This album spans my songs written in the 80s. Produced by Richard Brotherton, and performed by me, Richard, Mary Rowell and Amy Allison. Original release December 1, 2015 - Sonic Pyramid.

Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Richard Brotherton. Mastered by Dave McNair. Package Design by Sheila Sachs.

Musicians: Walter Salas-Humara, Richard Brotherton, Mary Rowell, and Amy Allison.

Curve and Shake is all about the struggle to sustain hope and remain available to possibility even as our lives “twist, bend, curve and shake.” The ephemerality of so much that we want to believe is permanent about our lives is beautifully captured in the floating musical landscapes that Walter conjures for this album. -Anthony DeCurtis ROLLING STONE. Original release August 12, 2014 - Sonic Pyramid.

Produced by Walter Salas-Humara. Mixed by Walter Salas-Humara and Ryan Williams at Studio Double You. Mastered by Dave McNair at Dave McNair Mastering.

Recorded by Walter Salas-Humara, Pat Kearns, Gar Robertson, Steve Drizos, Jason Victor, and Aaron Victor.

Painting by Walter Salas-Humara. Photograph by Andy Goodwin. Design and Layout by Sheila Sachs.

FLORIZONA - THE SILOS The 10th studio album by The Silos. A swan song to the memory of the late Drew Glackin, The Silos' well loved bassist who passed away in 2008. This beautiful album was originally released in 2011.

The songs on Florizona are sparse in the manner of Raymond Carver short stories, unspoken ellipses like makeshift sutures holding their insides intact. The personas Walter Salas-Humara employs tease at autobiography, which merely creates intermediate levels of narrative. And like the best who’ve come before him -- Lou Reed, Bob Dylan or whoever you'd care to insert here -- his songs and albums function best as installments of a single continuous body of work, much as the details of “Sister Ray” or “Heroin” spill over into Coney Island Baby or Street Hassle, or “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” circles around to Desire. Florizona continues in that fine and honorable tradition.

Walter Salas-Humara and the moveable feast of Silos belong in the company of those musicians whose work partakes as heavily of the literary tradition as it does of harmony and rhythm: Lucinda Williams, carrying on the family business from her poet-laureate father Miller Williams; Alejandro Escovedo, as likely to be found these days in theatrical venues as on a concert tour; slumming poets like David Berman of Silver Jews or Stephen Malkmus of Pavement; sweeping historical Pointillists like the Decemberists; or novelist Jonathan Lethem, with whom Salas-Humara has released one album’s worth of songs and spoken-word material under the name I’m Not Jim and is finishing a second. Original release: March 2011 Sonic Pyramid.

Produced by Rod Hohl and The Silos. Recorded by Don Piper, The Silos, and The Silos Family. Mixed by Mario McNulty. Mastered by Dave McNair.

The Silos: Walter Salas-Humara, Konrad Meissner, Rod Hohl, Jason Victor, and Bruce Martin.

The Silos Family: Amy Allison, Michelle Anthony, Sam Bisbee, Randy Franklin, Mike Hoffmann, Steve McAllister, Jeff Muendel, Charlie Salas-Humara, Gary Sunshine, Whit Williams, and Dan Wilson.

Cover Photos by John Eder. Band Photo by Delissa Santos. Drew Photo by Debbie Williams. Package Design by Sheila Sachs.

This album is dedicated to the amazing life, extraordinary times, and everlasting memory of Drew Glackin.