One of the early members of Silver Laughter, John Carstensen, will also be inducted into the Iowa R&R Hall of Fame for 2014. I “borrowed” these two photos from Mark Zaputil’s Facebook page along with his captions. “John on stage… Read More ›
Month: March 2014
Silver Laughter 1977
Here is a quick post as I come in from the golf course today… I wasn’t playing, at least not this afternoon. I was working. I played early this morning. The photo session had to be somewhat brief as there… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Performs “Sing Me Your Love Songs” Live 1978
Click here to listen to Silver Laughter’s live performance of “Sing Me Your Love Songs”. As I said the other day, I did not want our live original music to get lost in the shuffle since this was posted back… Read More ›
1976 “Handle With Care” Photo Session
This picture was one of many we took which included our sound and light man at the time, Carl Frisch. Carl was with the band for years before I joined. One photo out of this set made it onto the… Read More ›
Time to Review – A Silver Laughter Live Original Song!
Click here to listen to “Angela”. Note there is a bit of dead air at the end of the clip. I was new to my music editing software and did not realize it created a fixed length to new tracks… Read More ›
1978 Photo of Silver Laughter
“Listen… do you want to know a secret?” Here is another photo from the 1978 Rock Island photo session. I like the spontaneity of the shot which was taken near the old railroad station across the river from Davenport. Mick… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Covers The Beatles
“Can’t Buy Me Love” – “Things We Said Today” – “Tell Me Why” Medley Well, after many new photos, it is back to music. Again, this is a big clip and it takes time to download. Performed in Calgary… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s “Brian Epstein”
I wanted to post a quick note about our manager, Art Stenstrom (or Art “Smart, or Gus Scamera). As I wrote here earlier this week he sent me a manila envelope with negatives and some memorabilia which I have been… Read More ›
Silly 1978 Photo of Silver Laughter
Occasionally we had fun during our photo shoots. This one is of us being silly. Were we trying to be a totem pole? I’m afraid I don’t remember the session let alone that particular picture. Mick Orton
Entertainment Services Concept – Silver Laughter’s Management
Here is a VERY rare scan of a folder Art prepared for his talent management company, Entertainment Services Concept, the agency that set up jobs for us during most of my time with the band. As stated elsewhere, we started… Read More ›