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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!

• A Little More About Paul Staack

  By The Silvers on January 19, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  The first time I heard of Paul Staack, Jon and I were juniors at West High School. Paul was a senior and had been elected Class of 1967 president. He was spoofing himself playing drums in a pep “aud” (short… Read More ›

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

  By The Silvers on January 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “Lover” Recorded live at The Ranch & Company we had to improvise the song that was arranged in the studio with strings. I can’t remember if I played guitar on stage (don’t think so) but did on the album. It… Read More ›

• Our own language

  By The Silvers on January 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Like many bands, we were together so much we had a lot of special “code” words. Some of them were “borrowed” from the ones we used in Tabernash that Paul and his friends had as kids. Either they were made… Read More ›

• 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 ›