Peter Holsapple | Walter Salas-Humara

Very happy to welcome Peter Holsapple - The Face of 68 back to Gas Hill Drinking Room on September 24, 2025, with special guest Walter Salas-Humara! Doors at 7 PM, show at 8 PM.
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Meet Peter Holsapple. You probably already know him, but if you don’t, it’s time to change that with his new album The Face of 68 on Label 51 Recordings.

You may know him from The dB’s or Continental Drifters, two bands he co-helmed over the course of influential albums like Stands for deciBels and Vermilion. Or his duo records with Chris Stamey like Mavericks. You may know him from his work on the road and in the studio with R.E.M. and Hootie. Or via artists like Marti Jones, the Golden Palominos, the Troggs and Claire Lynch, who have all covered his songs.

Walter Salas-Humara’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. #peterholsapple #waltersalashumara #gashilldrinkingroom #wsnc #supportlivemusic

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