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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 Newsletter from May 1977 – Page 2

  By The Silvers on February 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  A couple of days ago I posted the first page of our May 1977 newsletter. Today I wanted to continue with page two which finishes up with a note from Carl. Then there is information about our upcoming eight week… Read More ›

• Outtake Photo of Jon Ludtke for Silver Laughter Brochure

  By The Silvers on February 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Back in January, I posted several stories about the Silver Laughter brochure. This looks very similar to the photo that was used of Denny Walton on page 8… except it features Jon Ludtke.

• Happy Birthday to Jon Ludtke of Silver Laughter

  By The Silvers on February 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  As it turns out, today is the birthday of Silver Laughter’s founding member, Jon Ludtke. I jumped the gun a few weeks ago, much to my embarrassment. What kind of friend is that? So to celebrate here are two photos… Read More ›

• Random Photo of Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton 1978

  By The Silvers on February 21, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I say 1978 because I think it was late in my days with Silver Laughter that I decided to try having a perm in my hair, though I guess it could have been 1977. I thought it was a good… Read More ›

• Promo Picture of Silver Laughter From Around 1974

  By The Silvers on February 21, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  As Jon said somewhere on this site in his comments, the band was four piece, then five, then four, then… Well, you get the idea. This is either before or after John Carstensen was in the band. I am guessing… Read More ›

• Silver Laughter Newsletter from May 1977 – Page 1

  By The Silvers on February 21, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  I need to break these up by pages which will not only give me more material to post, but make it easier to comment. This front page of the May 3 newsletter has all the ramblings of the four Silver… Read More ›

• Centennial Ballroom, Fairbault, MN – Another Silver Laughter Venue

  By The Silvers on February 19, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Carl sent this flyer/schedule from the Centennial Ballroom where we played back in 1977. As you can see some bigger named acts also played there like Tommy James and The Trashmen (Surfin’ Bird). Fairbault, MN was the home of this… Read More ›

• Entertainment Services Concept – Management Company of Silver Laughter

  By The Silvers on February 19, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I think big (long) business names were the thing during the early ’70’s. Art “Smart” certainly didn’t skimp on ink when he decided to name his company Entertainment Services Concept. It was based in Des Moines, IA. We met Mr…. Read More ›

• Silver Laughter Promotional Picture

  By The Silvers on February 18, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Here is a promotional picture of Silver Laughter when they were a five piece band. From left to right are Steve Elliott, Kim Ludtke, Jon Ludtke, Denny Walton and John Carstensen. It looks like it was taken outside the Ludtke’s… Read More ›

• Old Silver Laughter Song List

  By The Silvers on February 18, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  During the early days when the band’s lineup was Jon Ludtke, Kim Ludtke, Steve Elliott, John Carstensen and Denny Walton, Silver Laughter had quite a varied song list. Looking at this old document, you can see they did everything from… Read More ›