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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 LIVE – Cover Songs!

  By The Silvers on January 26, 2013 • ( 2 )

  “The Boys Are Back In Town” Mick sings lead with Jon “double tracking” the “Boys are back in town”. Jon, Ken and Paul sing backup. A couple of rare bass mistakes, and you might be able to hear me start… Read More ›

• FOUND: A bunch of lost Silver Laughter contracts from 1979

  By The Silvers on January 26, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  As members of Musician’s Union Local 551, our band was able to get contracts when we decided at the end of 1978 to leave Art and manage ourselves… Not so “smart” as I look back on it now. Thinking about… Read More ›

• Don’t Feel Bad/Turn It Down 45 Picture Cover

  By The Silvers on January 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Notice the mustaches! I could barely grow one which got shaved off shortly after pictures of me were done. However, they survive to this day as how I looked during that era. I prefer NO facial hair! Mick Orton

• From the Silver Laughter Booking Calendar for October, 1978

  By The Silvers on January 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  See how the memory is. I wrote on this post that we were trying to get into the Kongo Klub, however, in looking back to January, we started off the year playing there! A mind is a terrible thing to… Read More ›

• Silver Laughter Antics – Seldom Told Stories

  By The Silvers on January 24, 2013 • ( 0 )

  We used to party with the owners of the clubs after hours. This almost always involved a lot of drinking. Sometimes we would stay after, drink, then drive to the next job. It’s a wonder we didn’t hurt ourselves or… Read More ›

• Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton and the Viet Nam War

  By The Silvers on January 23, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  During The Contents Are: days, the Vietnam War was going on. We were all opposed to it as was a lot of America, especially since the draft was being used, and we were of draft age. In the fall of… Read More ›

• Song Writing – A Challenging Art Form

  By The Silvers on January 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  No offense to those of you who like Journey, and I do know that “When the Lights Go Down In The City” is one of the most listened to songs on YouTube. However, I never really liked it. After all,… Read More ›

• More Silver Laughter Memorabilia – Side 2

  By The Silvers on January 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Here is the second side of the four-fold promotional brochure Art did for us. Our job was to place these on every table in the house where we were playing. Mick Orton

• More Silver Laughter Memorabilia – Side 1

  By The Silvers on January 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Here is more of the promotional material that Art did for the band. These were four-fold brochures that we put out on tables in the clubs we played. This is side one of two. Mick Orton

• “Turn Your Face Away” LIVE – from “Handle With Care”

  By The Silvers on January 21, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Click here for “Turn Your Face Away”