Salty Walt

A regular performer at San Francisco's Festival of the Sea with his band "Salty Walt and the Rattlin' Ratlines," Walter has completed his second tour of Europe playing at festivals and folk clubs: England (Scarborough's Seafest), The Netherlands (Scheepvaart Museum), and Germany (Festival Maritim). He has shared the stage with acts such as Lou Killen, Tom Lewis, The Johnson Girls, Holdstock & Macleod, Hughie Jones, Richard Grainger, Maree De Paradis, and many others. At home in San Francisco he performs regularly and hosts a monthly session at Edinburgh Castle Pub, where he works to maintain the authentic voice of the traditions he represents while making this music accessible to a new generation. Even though it's been a while since Walter worked in living history, or for the SF Maritime Museum, education is never far from his heart, so he considers it important to know what work the songs were used for, the stories behind them, and in what ways the group has taken liberties with them. And he'll tell you if you don't move quickly enough.