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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!

• Ken and Art Check In

  By The Silvers on February 6, 2013 • ( 0 )

  After I posted the contract for Fort Dodge, both Ken and Art checked in. It should be noted that sometime in 1979, after our New York trip, the band decided to go ahead and try booking ourselves. As I said… Read More ›

• Wasted days and wasted nights… Another contract I don’t remember

  By The Silvers on February 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

• “Rainbow” LIVE – from “Sailing On Fantasies”

  By The Silvers on February 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “Rainbow” Jon sang the first verse and I sang the second. The Mort and Mary Jane that Jon is talking about while introducing the song is my mom and dad who were obviously in the audience that night. I am… Read More ›

• MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!

  By The Silvers on February 4, 2013 • ( 1 )

  “So Into You” I sang lead and played the electric piano while Ken played bass. Jon and Ken did backup vocals on this Atlanta Rhythm Section Song. I think Ken and I changed some words in the chorus to be… Read More ›

• MORE Memorabilia – A Silver Laughter Brochure

  By The Silvers on February 3, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

• Mort and Mary Jane – Some of Silver Laughter’s biggest supporters

  By The Silvers on February 2, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Though neither of them did much with music, my mom did teach us kids how to harmonize when we were really little. On long car rides, we would sing songs to pass the time. Morton Orton was a really happy… Read More ›

• MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!

  By The Silvers on February 2, 2013 • ( 1 )

  “Lido Shuffle” Once again, we worked out a very tight ending. The beginning sounds very much like the Grand Funk Railroad song we covered! Jon Ludtke sings lead on this Boz Skaggs tune which was well received in Port Byron… Read More ›

• Another Contract for The Showboat Ballroom – Marshall, MN

  By The Silvers on February 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  We are Marshall? If you look at this contract from 1979, you can see that we were guaranteed $500 (almost $1,600 in 2013) or 50% of the door. At $2.50 a person, it doesn’t sound like much. but we used… Read More ›

• Silver Laughter’s “Working Man”… our “Taking Care of Business”

  By The Silvers on February 1, 2013 • ( 1 )

  As I have said before, a lot of our music for “Handle With Care” was already written for other groups before we combined them into a single album. But a few of the tunes were written after I joined the… Read More ›

• From the Silver Laughter Booking Calendar for November, 1978

  By The Silvers on January 30, 2013 • ( 0 )