Starting today, I will be posting some of the photos that Mark Zaputil scanned for the site this week from the time we played together. This first one is of the two of us in Worthington, MN. It probably was… Read More ›
History
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “Dreams Still Live On”
This was a very short song that leads into “Sunny Day” on the “Sailing On Fantasies” album. The guitar work is Jon and Ken playing two guitar parts together to imitate the same effect the Beatles used on “Dear Prudence”…. Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Thank You Girl” Here is another cut from the Beatles Tribute we performed at The Ranch and Company in Port Byron, IL back in June of 1978. It sounds as if it could have been recorded in the Cavern by… Read More ›
An Early Silver Laughter Promo Picture
Here is another early black and white promotional photo of Silver Laughter way back when they were a 5 piece band, probably around 1974 or 75. From left are John Carstensen, Jon Ludtke, Steve Elliott, Denny Walton and Kim Ludtke… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – Mark Zaputil Plays the Drums While Kim Plays Piano
When I first joined the group, one of the songs that was a staple of the Silver Laughter song list was “Color My World” by Chicago. For this tune, Kim switched from drums to the little electric piano while Mark… Read More ›
Old Outtake Photo of Silver Laughter
This photo was taken when I first joined the band. We obviously didn’t use this one. Everyone looked so serious. The one we chose was a color photo of us around a seated Jon Ludtke which may be found elsewhere… Read More ›
One of the Places Silver Laughter Played – The Kaiserhoff in New Ulm, MN
While talking to my good friend, Denise, who is from New Ulm, she found this photo of a place Silver Laughter used to play which is on the Kaiserhoff website. According to her they stopped having bands shortly after Silver… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – Union Musicians
In order to play on the road, the members of Silver Laughter had to belong to a union. I think it was Jon or Kim who found a musicians local in Muscatine, IA just down the Mississippi River from Davenport…. Read More ›
One Last Picture of Silver Laughter’s Ken and Mick as Double Shot
I had one more slide that I converted to a JPEG. It’s strange that I do not recall where this photo was taken or who took it. It was a very small stage so it had to be one of… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “The Showdown”
As I have said before, in the beginning I think Jon meant the showdown to be between two lovers. But it ended up as a gunfight at the OK Corral! We had the synthesizer do the wind at the end… Read More ›