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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 – Mak Show

  By The Silvers on January 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “Mak Show” was something the German audiences used to say to the Beatles to encourage them to become more animated on stage. When I joined the band, Jon, Kim, Mark and I used to either stand or sit (in the… Read More ›

• The New York Trip

  By The Silvers on January 14, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Updated 4/8/14: Another one of those “This is how I remember it” disclosures is required here. Once the “Sailing on Fantasies” record was pressed, Jon and I (with agreement from Ken and Paul) decided to take a trip to New… Read More ›

• Silver-Laughter.com is the new domain

  By The Silvers on January 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Hello Friends, I recently purchased the domain name silver-laughter.com. Sometimes a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. After all, I have done this type of thing for a living, right? So I went to the registrar’s website and pointed the… Read More ›

• Silver Laughter and smoky nightclubs

  By The Silvers on January 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  This is only how I remember it, not necessarily how it really was. But here goes the story. Sometimes the smoke was so thick in the nightclubs we played we often would lose our voices… fortunately, not all on the… Read More ›

• From the Silver Laughter Booking Calendar for September, 1978

  By The Silvers on January 10, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

• A Shout Out to John Ludtke – Our First Photographer!

  By The Silvers on January 10, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Although I have not spoken with him for many years, Kim and Jon’s dad, John Ludtke, was very supportive of Silver Laughter. I don’t think I ever thanked him properly for taking such great publicity photos of the band in… Read More ›

• Some Thoughts About Silver Laughter’s Tribute To The Beatles

  By The Silvers on January 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  While working today, I was listening to the Beatles Tribute we did in Calgary. Silver Laughter had two tributes. The one I have that’s complete we recorded in Calgary. The only recording I have of the second one picks up… Read More ›

• Another fan of Silver Laughter checks in!

  By The Silvers on January 9, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Hi me again, I live in Quebec, Canada I’m 30 years old. I discovered Silver Laughter about a year ago maybe on some blog and downloaded both singles ‘Angela’ and ‘Don’t Feel Bad’ and have been obsessed with your band… Read More ›

• PLEASE nominate Silver Laughter! The Iowa R&R Hall of Fame awaits!

  By The Silvers on January 7, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  I had the link wrong in other posts which I will correct. However, I spoke at length with Al Huntzinger at the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame about Silver Laughter. Apparently they have no record of any nominations… Read More ›

• “Sailing on Fantasies” recording engineer, Frank Wiewel

  By The Silvers on January 6, 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  During the recording of  “Sailing on Fantasies”, we met recording engineer, Frank Wiewel at his Westminst’r Sound studio in Otho, IA. His band, The Hawks, were a very popular studio band at the time and were finally inducted into the… Read More ›