“Thank You Girl” Here is another cut from the Beatles Tribute we performed at The Ranch and Company in Port Byron, IL back in June of 1978. It sounds as if it could have been recorded in the Cavern by… Read More ›
Month: January 2014
An Early Silver Laughter Promo Picture
Here is another early black and white promotional photo of Silver Laughter way back when they were a 5 piece band, probably around 1974 or 75. From left are John Carstensen, Jon Ludtke, Steve Elliott, Denny Walton and Kim Ludtke… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – Mark Zaputil Plays the Drums While Kim Plays Piano
When I first joined the group, one of the songs that was a staple of the Silver Laughter song list was “Color My World” by Chicago. For this tune, Kim switched from drums to the little electric piano while Mark… Read More ›
Old Outtake Photo of Silver Laughter
This photo was taken when I first joined the band. We obviously didn’t use this one. Everyone looked so serious. The one we chose was a color photo of us around a seated Jon Ludtke which may be found elsewhere… Read More ›
One of the Places Silver Laughter Played – The Kaiserhoff in New Ulm, MN
While talking to my good friend, Denise, who is from New Ulm, she found this photo of a place Silver Laughter used to play which is on the Kaiserhoff website. According to her they stopped having bands shortly after Silver… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – Union Musicians
In order to play on the road, the members of Silver Laughter had to belong to a union. I think it was Jon or Kim who found a musicians local in Muscatine, IA just down the Mississippi River from Davenport…. Read More ›
Quad City Times Recognizes Silver Laughter’s IRRMA Induction for 2014!
Our friend, Lily, sent this to me today from the Quad City Times website. In case you aren’t aware, Davenport is part of the Quad Cities which includes Davenport, Rock Island, Moline and East Moline. Bettendorf should actually be in… Read More ›
KICD AM And Several Other Iowa Radio Stations Post News of Silver Laughter’s Induction into IRRMA Hall of Fame
Just found an article from January 3 on the KICD website. Title: Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Music Association Announces Hall of Fame Class Arnolds Park (IRRMA)–The Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Music Association is proud to announce the distinguished 2014 Hall of… Read More ›
One Last Picture of Silver Laughter’s Ken and Mick as Double Shot
I had one more slide that I converted to a JPEG. It’s strange that I do not recall where this photo was taken or who took it. It was a very small stage so it had to be one of… Read More ›
WQAD in the Quad Cities Recognizes Silver Laughter as IRRMA Inductees
Updated 1/16/14 – This is a correction to the January 10th post I did about: “Silver Laughter” and “Hall of Fame” and found another article about us being inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Excellent news!… Read More ›