Go to Chris Bishop’s site and take a look. the article is particularly about The Contents Are: where Paul Staack and I came from. Although I did not play on those records (Paul did), it’s nice that the Midwest groups… Read More ›
Month: January 2013
A Little More About Paul Staack
The first time I heard of Paul Staack, Jon and I were juniors at West High School. Paul was a senior and had been elected Class of 1967 president. He was spoofing himself playing drums in a pep “aud” (short… Read More ›
“Lover” LIVE – from “Sailing On Fantasies”
“Lover” Recorded live at The Ranch & Company we had to improvise the song that was arranged in the studio with strings. I can’t remember if I played guitar on stage (don’t think so) but did on the album. It… Read More ›
Our own language
Like many bands, we were together so much we had a lot of special “code” words. Some of them were “borrowed” from the ones we used in Tabernash that Paul and his friends had as kids. Either they were made… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – Mak Show
“Mak Show” was something the German audiences used to say to the Beatles to encourage them to become more animated on stage. When I joined the band, Jon, Kim, Mark and I used to either stand or sit (in the… Read More ›
The New York Trip
Updated 4/8/14: Another one of those “This is how I remember it” disclosures is required here. Once the “Sailing on Fantasies” record was pressed, Jon and I (with agreement from Ken and Paul) decided to take a trip to New… Read More ›
Silver-Laughter.com is the new domain
Hello Friends, I recently purchased the domain name silver-laughter.com. Sometimes a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. After all, I have done this type of thing for a living, right? So I went to the registrar’s website and pointed the… Read More ›
Silver Laughter and smoky nightclubs
This is only how I remember it, not necessarily how it really was. But here goes the story. Sometimes the smoke was so thick in the nightclubs we played we often would lose our voices… fortunately, not all on the… Read More ›
A Shout Out to John Ludtke – Our First Photographer!
Although I have not spoken with him for many years, Kim and Jon’s dad, John Ludtke, was very supportive of Silver Laughter. I don’t think I ever thanked him properly for taking such great publicity photos of the band in… Read More ›