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Bassist, vocalist and co-song writer for THE SILVERS! What have we done?
1) NEW HIT SINGLE (2 songs)
2) FREE What are You Christmas?
3) After The Laugher (14 songs including 2 above)
4) End of Summer EP (6 songs)
5) FREE Sing Another Christmas Song
6) PLAY! (14 songs)
7) Another summer EP (7 songs including re-recording of Running Away)
8) FREE Silvers Bells (4 Christmas songs)
9) Soul surrender (14 songs to be released May 2018)

And don't forget the animated videos of some of these songs!

• Several Down Time Photos from the Silver Laughter Archives

  By The Silvers on January 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I couldn’t end the day with a post about one of our vehicles, so here are a couple of photos taken during Silver Laughter down time. The first shows Ken and me on the floor of one of the places… Read More ›

• One of the Silver Laughter Vehicles – 1976

  By The Silvers on January 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Back in March of 2013, I wrote about the progression of cars I drove in my band days. It started with a picture of the old MG Midget I had while I was with The Contents Are: and ended with… Read More ›

• Early Silver Laughter Performing Photo

  By The Silvers on January 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  This photo was taken in late 1969 or early 1970 (my guess) and features Silver Laughter with the following lineup: Jon (on acoustic), John Carstensen (behind him), Denny Walton (on harmonica), Kim (on drums) and Steve Elliott (on bass). The… Read More ›

• Long Lost Photo of Silver Laughter in the Studio for “Handle With Care”

  By The Silvers on January 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In one of the folders on the CD that Carl sent me, were photos labeled as “outtakes”. This one shows Ken and me in the Warrensburg studio recording vocals for the “Handle With Care” album.

• Silver Laughter Plays the Sportspage – September 17, 1978

  By The Silvers on January 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Here is a flyer from 1978 touting our Tribute to the Beatles for our show at the Sportspage Nightclub (probably in the Minneapolis area). According to our booking calendar for that month we finished up a two week stay at… Read More ›

• Personal Note to Ken Wiles from Silver Laughter Founding Member Steve Elliott

  By The Silvers on January 21, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I was digging through some stuff in my closet and came upon this personal note from Steve Elliott to Ken Wiles. It was written on the back of a Sneaky Feelin’ 8×10 glossy and apparently done after the “Handle With… Read More ›

• Several More Performance Photos of Silver Laughter

  By The Silvers on January 21, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Here are a couple more photos of Silver Laughter onstage from around 1976-77.

• Pages 3 & 4 of the Silver Laughter Booklet

  By The Silvers on January 21, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Continuing on down Memory Lane, here are the next two pages of the Silver Laughter Booklet. First up are two of the founding members’ photos, Jon and Steve. The sketches were done by Steve, the band’s official cartoonist.

• Pages 1 & 2 of the Silver Laughter Booklet

  By The Silvers on January 20, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Back on January 13, I posted the cover art for the Silver Laughter advertising booklet. Upon opening that cover, here are the first two pages of that piece. I am pretty sure Jon and Kim’s dad, John, put this together…. Read More ›

• Another Cut from “Handle With Care” by Silver Laughter

  By The Silvers on January 20, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  “Take My Money” This is a Jon Ludtke song with the middle 8 added by us working together which is being re-posted for our new tune in factor. It was received really well as one of the encores we were… Read More ›