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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!

• Silver Laughter in the Studio for “Sailing On Fantasies”

  By The Silvers on October 31, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  These photos have all been posted before, but I thought I would put them together in one post. Carl sent these for us to enjoy.

• Some Friends of Silver Laughter

  By The Silvers on October 30, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Carl sent these photos and a newspaper clipping of him in the Teen Tent at the Mississippi Valley Fair about 2 months before he met Silver Laughter. The first photo is of a couple of gals we met at Cheever’s… Read More ›

• Silver Laughter Website Surpasses 40,000 Views!

  By The Silvers on October 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Thanks to everyone from every part of the world who helped put our total views over the 40,000 mark! Mick Orton

• Matchbook Collection from Various Silver Laughter Venues

  By The Silvers on October 29, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Carl was quite the collector. The photo here shows all the matchbooks from many of the places Silver Laughter performed. Of course, that was back when smoking was allowed in bars and clubs! Mick Orton

• Four Performance Photos of Silver Laughter… Somewhere…

  By The Silvers on October 28, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Carl didn’t tell me where these photos were taken, but he did send a lot of live performance photos from around 1976. His comment was, “If I had to guess, most of these performance pictures were taken at the Red… Read More ›

• Custom Silver Laughter T-shirts

  By The Silvers on October 27, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  I believe Jon’s dad, John Ludtke, is the one who had these t-shirts made up for us. Later on Art got in on the action, but these were not his creations. The first shows us from the back. That’s Jonny… Read More ›

• Donavon’s in Redwood Falls – Another Popular Silver Laughter Haunt!

  By The Silvers on October 26, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Carl sent me a couple of ads they did for us when we performed in Redwood Falls at Donavon’s. The first was while Kim was still in the band. I do not know what the second picture on that ad… Read More ›

• Completing the Set of Silver Laughter LIVE Performance Photos

  By The Silvers on October 25, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Here is a picture of Paul from that same night as the last two posts. Notice the three-piece suit? Must have been a special evening!!! Notice the stuffed animal on Jon’s amplifier next to Paul? Those were little mascots a… Read More ›

• Jon and Ken of Silver Laughter LIVE Performance Photos

  By The Silvers on October 25, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Carl sent a lot of these so I will be posting them over the next several weeks or so. I believe this one was taken in the same gymnasium where my photo was taken. It shows Jon on his Rickenbacker… Read More ›

• Silver Laughter Live Performance Photos

  By The Silvers on October 25, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Here is a photo that Carl sent me… of me… in a gymnasium somewhere. See the scoreboard above my head? Silver Laughter 4, crowd 1000! Mick Orton