I am not sure who printed these cards. It could have been Jon and Kim’s dad. I just don’t know. But it seems unlikely that a club owner would print something like this to hand out to its customers especially… Read More ›
History
Silver Laughter Plays Doc Holliday’s in Shakopee, MN
Another popular venue that has been documented here several times is Doc Holliday’s in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Fortunately, Carl saved one of the advertisements from our job from November of 1978. It appears it was a fold… Read More ›
Pages 9 & 10 of the Silver Laughter Booklet
So here are the last few pages of the Silver Laughter promotional booklet from around 1970 or so. As you can see John Carstensen is featured on the last page before the inside back cover shows the band in matching… Read More ›
Carl Scores Big with Old Silver Laughter Newsletters!
Today I came across another treasure trove of silly material sent to me by sound and light man, Carl Frisch; several copies of newsletters Silver Laughter did. They were put together by our manager, Art Stenstrom, and written by the… Read More ›
Several Down Time Photos from the Silver Laughter Archives
I couldn’t end the day with a post about one of our vehicles, so here are a couple of photos taken during Silver Laughter down time. The first shows Ken and me on the floor of one of the places… Read More ›
One of the Silver Laughter Vehicles – 1976
Back in March of 2013, I wrote about the progression of cars I drove in my band days. It started with a picture of the old MG Midget I had while I was with The Contents Are: and ended with… Read More ›
Early Silver Laughter Performing Photo
This photo was taken in late 1969 or early 1970 (my guess) and features Silver Laughter with the following lineup: Jon (on acoustic), John Carstensen (behind him), Denny Walton (on harmonica), Kim (on drums) and Steve Elliott (on bass). The… Read More ›
Long Lost Photo of Silver Laughter in the Studio for “Handle With Care”
In one of the folders on the CD that Carl sent me, were photos labeled as “outtakes”. This one shows Ken and me in the Warrensburg studio recording vocals for the “Handle With Care” album.
Silver Laughter Plays the Sportspage – September 17, 1978
Here is a flyer from 1978 touting our Tribute to the Beatles for our show at the Sportspage Nightclub (probably in the Minneapolis area). According to our booking calendar for that month we finished up a two week stay at… Read More ›
Personal Note to Ken Wiles from Silver Laughter Founding Member Steve Elliott
I was digging through some stuff in my closet and came upon this personal note from Steve Elliott to Ken Wiles. It was written on the back of a Sneaky Feelin’ 8×10 glossy and apparently done after the “Handle With… Read More ›