After all the times I have been saying the photos from the October 29th session in 1978 were taken in Rock Island, it turns out that is not correct. A couple of days ago I shot Art an e-mail with… Read More ›
Month: June 2014
1978 Photo of Silver Laughter
Here is yet another in the long string of photos Art took of us in Rock Island, IL on October 29, 1978 across the Mississippi River from Davenport. Mick Orton
Silver Laughter Does The Beatles in Calgary
“I Want To Hold Your Hand” I already posted another version of this song from the Port Byron Beatles Tribute, but this one from Calgary has much more energy as you will hear. We recorded this in July of 1977… Read More ›
Silver Laughter 1976 – Ah, The Good Old Days!
Here is yet another photo of the band, Silver Laughter which includes our sound and light man, Carl Frisch. It is from the Worthington collection shortly after Kim left the group and Paul joined. We had completed recording the “Handle… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs – “So Into You”!
This was taken from the Port Byron set recorded in June of 1978, months before we went to New York and met the Atlantic A&R man who told us we needed to find our own sound. It confirmed what we… Read More ›
Quick Post on the Silver Laughter 1976 Timeline
Here is yet another photo from the Worthington collection taken by Art Stenstrom in the fall of 1976 just after Kim announced he was leaving Silver Laughter. Paul Staack, my band mate from The Contents Are:, was invited to play… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
During the disco era, this was one of the songs that was acceptable for the disco crowd, yet had the credibility of Boz Skaggs for the hard rock places we played. As I noted in the original post, it is… Read More ›
Silver Laughter 1977 – Everyone Said, “Let’s Grow a Mustache!”
From that session we did in Carroll, Iowa at the County Seat night club, another pose around the table. My golf instructor said pictures during that period looked like we all decided to grow mustaches. However, if you look at… Read More ›
Time Machine – 1976 Silver Laughter with Carl Frisch
Here is another 1976 photo of Silver Laughter with sound and light man (and cook), Carl Frisch, shortly after Paul joined the band. We are in Worthington, MN, one of our favorite places to play. Are we boring you, Carl?… Read More ›