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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!

• Merry Christmas… EVE 2012 from Silver Laughter

  By The Silvers on December 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  This afternoon I spoke for quite a while on the phone with Kim Ludtke who was celebrating Christmas Eve at his parents’ house in Davenport, Iowa. As usual, they were waiting for brother, Jon, to show up, so I never… Read More ›

• From the Silver Laughter Booking Calendar for August, 1978

  By The Silvers on December 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

• “Take My Money” LIVE – from “Handle With Care”

  By The Silvers on December 23, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Click Here – Take My Money LIVE from Calgary

• After Silver Laughter there was Double Shot – Updated 5/20/13

  By The Silvers on December 23, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Note: Corrections and additions below are in [brackets and bold] If ever a name had significance, it was Double Shot! Ken and I had gotten closer as the end of Silver Laughter became clear. Jon and I had drifted farther… Read More ›

• Mick Orton – Then and Now

  By The Silvers on December 23, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  I was born Michael John Orton. My Uncle Floyd always wanted to call me “Mickey”… over my mother’s dead body! As a kid, my hero was baseball player, Mickey Mantle, so this must have planted the seed. During the final… Read More ›

• More Memorabilia – Silver Laughter Buttons!

  By The Silvers on December 21, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

• Where Are They Now?

  By The Silvers on December 21, 2012 • ( 3 )

  As of the last report, December 21, 2012 (the end of the world according to the Mayan Calendar – sorry to disappoint you doomsayers. Of course, according to Curly in “City Slickers”, “The day ain’t over yet!”) the band members… Read More ›

• More Memorabilia – Silver Laughter Table Tents

  By The Silvers on December 21, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

• Before There Was Silver Laughter – Mick Joined The Contents Are:

  By The Silvers on December 20, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  One of the record reviews of “Silver Laughter” mentions the band “The Contents Are:”. It was my first introduction to a band that was actually in the public eye. In Davenport, Iowa there were really only two “famous” bands during… Read More ›

• “Don’t Feel Bad” LIVE – from “Sailing On Fantasies”

  By The Silvers on December 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

    Click Here – “Don’t Feel Bad” Live from Calgary