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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!

• An Ivory Coast Photo of Silver Laughter’s Ken Wiles Pops Up!

  By The Silvers on February 22, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  You have to love the Internet. If it weren’t for Facebook, this photo would probably have never made it to our site. Here is a little nugget with Ken playing his red Gibson ES-335 during a live performance with his… Read More ›

• Where is Silver Laughter’s Steve Elliott Now?

  By The Silvers on February 22, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Jon’s sister, Jonee posted some photos from a performance of The Acoustic Project featuring Silver Laughter graduate, Steve Elliott at the Cool Beanz Coffeehouse. Steve was also instrumental (pun intended) in starting the band, Hi-Fi, with Kim  Ludtke. I know… Read More ›

• Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton Has His New Hofner!!!

  By The Silvers on February 21, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Here it is, folks, in all its glory! The new Hofner Ignition Violin Bass in a beautiful sunburst finish. I’ve looked it over and it is perfect, much brighter than the old one. And the pearl is white, not yellowed… Read More ›

• Silver Laughter and the IRRMA Hall of Fame

  By The Silvers on February 20, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year I joined IRRMA as a lifetime member. Just recently I received the items in the picture along with a couple other things like a window decal and a beverage holder. These gifts included a membership card, a lapel… Read More ›

• Silver Laughter’s Secret to the Hofner Strap

  By The Silvers on February 19, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  This is probably only going to be of interest to true Beatles fans as well as musicians who look at this site. However, it was Paul McCartney who came up with this idea. I found out the hard way why… Read More ›

• Time to Revisit Silver Laughter’s Beatles Tribute

  By The Silvers on February 19, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Art “Smart” (Gus) Stenstrom put together all the promotional material for our shows after he became our manager. While we were busy perfecting our music for the live performances, Art was busy working on the promo stuff. This page from… Read More ›

• Silver Laughter’s Paul Staack and Mick Orton Play on The Contents Are: Original

  By The Silvers on February 18, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  “If You Follow Me” This was another one of my favorite Craig Hute songs. I found a live version of this one on those tapes of The Contents Are: live performances. But several months later a friend, Wade Calvert, sent… Read More ›

• A Thought About Silver Laughter Hair

  By The Silvers on February 18, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  All during The Contents Are: years, I cut my own hair. Not that I was an experienced barber. I just knew how I wanted it to look so I used my own scissors to make it so. Even early in… Read More ›

• Silver Laughter Does The Beatles… Again

  By The Silvers on February 17, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

    “Your Mother Should Know” – “Rocky Raccoon” – “You Never Give Me Your Money” Here is a medley from the Calgary Beatles Tribute with me on the little electric piano. I sing lead on the first two and end… Read More ›

• Beware! There are Other Silver Laughters Out There!

  By The Silvers on February 16, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  This is a quick note about two other Silver Laughter instances I have found. One of them is on MySpace from someone in East Moline which has a picture of the cat from “Alice In Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll. He’s… Read More ›