Steve Elliott uncovered this one. I found it on his Facebook page. Yes, this is Jon Ludtke. He has always had a baby face. The long hair makes him look even younger. I think this was before Silver Laughter, but… Read More ›
Month: January 2014
Silver Laughter’s Mark Zaputil and his Ampeg Guitar
I used the description from his Facebook page for this post. “Me on stage with Silver Laughter in Worthington, Minnesota. playing my Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar 1975.” – Mark Zaputil
Is that Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton Playing the Guitar?
What’s this? Mark dug this out of his archives. It is a photo of me playing someone’s (probably Jon’s) Gibson Les Paul. We may have been working on an original tune, OR I was trying to figure out the chords… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mark Zaputil Onstage at the Cavern Club – 1975
Remember the club I mentioned that was underneath a parking lot? This is it. The Cavern was made to look like the inside of a cave, and, as I have mentioned before, it is where we met up again with… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “Sunny Day”
This is another of my favorite songs on “Sailing On Fantasies”. Jon came to our song-writing session with most of the tune in his notebook, and we quickly hammered out the rest of the lyrics and worked on the arrangement… Read More ›
Silver Laughter 1974-75
This photo was “borrowed” from Steve Elliott’s Facebook page. Here’s what he says about it: “A picture from the vast gallery of Silver Laughter photos. A promo picture taken back when Kim only have [sic] one leg to drum with…. Read More ›
Mark of Silver Laughter Onstage
Here is Mark Zaputil up close and personal at one of our venues. He is playing one of his guitars, the red Gibson SG. Mick Orton
1975 Photo of Silver Laughter Onstage in… Don’t Know!
In the continuing stream of pictures sent to me by our old guitar player, Mark Zaputil, here is a great one of us onstage somewhere in 1975. He doesn’t remember where it was, and neither do I. It’s a little… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton Rehearsing
Talk about losing brain cells! I have no recollection of this photo, where it was taken or when. Mark forwarded this one to me along with several others which I will be posting later. Here is the little electric piano… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mark Zaputil Onstage
This photo had to be taken at my first job with Silver Laughter. As I recall, Hastings, NE was my initial performance. It was cold, I remember that! We had to put together several sets of cover songs to get… Read More ›