Month: January 2013
After Silver Laughter… after Double Shot… There was Island Fever
After Ken and I arrived in California following the demise of Double Shot, my sister, Marjie Orton, was busy writing and performing her own original songs with a band called Honey Creek, a three piece all girl acoustic group. Eventually,… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Some Kind of Wonderful” When we learned this Grand Funk Railroad song, Jon and I decided to trade off vocals. It was one of the few songs that started with my bass line. I sang the first verse, and Jon… Read More ›
Worthington, MN and Silver Laughter
I seem to remember we were popular in a lot of clubs we played. If you look at our booking calendar and the itinerary that’s on the newsletter, you can see we were invited back to a lot of the… Read More ›
Milwaukee Friend of Silver Laughter responds to an e-mail I sent
Thanks Mick! The Thin Lizzy cover sounds great! Really looking forward to hearing more of your cover versions on the site. It’s great to keep returning to find more updates! Always look forward to checking back. Take care, Paul Milwaukee,… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Let ’em In” For this cover of Paul McCartney and Wings selection I switched to piano and Ken played my bass. I sang the lead vocal. We simulated the flute parts by Jon, Ken and I whistling and the trumpet… Read More ›
Martin from Quebec reviews Silver Laughter music!
Hey you got my email that says I did receive the records, right? Been jamming these constantly since then and gotta say they both rule hard. As a whole I prefer “Sailing on Fantasies” but there are some killer jams… Read More ›
Changing Times and Guitars…
The other Silver Laughter guys each had several guitars they used on stage and in the recording studio. Up until “Sailing on Fantasies”, I only had my Hofner Beatle Bass. It was nice and light and sounded good for our… Read More ›
Extraordinary Find – A Silver Laughter NEWSLETTER in my guitar case…
This was addressed to my sister, Marjie Orton, back when she lived in Olema, CA which is near where I now live. Every quarter (I think) we did a newsletter which went out to our fans who signed up for… Read More ›
Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“The Boys Are Back In Town” Mick sings lead with Jon “double tracking” the “Boys are back in town”. Jon, Ken and Paul sing backup. A couple of rare bass mistakes, and you might be able to hear me start… Read More ›