Okay, we were also known as The Contents Are:. I am not sure which band name we used when Carl and Jon came to visit us when we played in Lamar, Colorado in 1972. But this is how I looked… Read More ›
History
Another Performing Photo of Silver Laughter Taken Around 1976
Here are Jon and Ken vamping for Carl’s camera. Notice the Silver Laughter T-shirts hanging on the wall behind them. Paul used to put them up to advertise! Right below it you will see the strobe tuner we used to… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Photo from Around 1975
I think this is a repeat, but I liked it so much I thought I would share it again. It had to be shortly after I joined Silver Laughter and shows us packing the van after one of our first… Read More ›
The Col Ballroom – Another Silver Laughter Hangout
I do not remember the lines being quite as long to get in as it shows in this photo, but I do remember spending many evenings watching bands at the Col Ballroom in Downtown Davenport, Iowa. It was where Jon,… Read More ›
Draught House – An Early Silver Laughter Hangout
Many times I have mentioned The Night People and the Draught House in Davenport down on the levee beside the Mississippi River. Even before Silver Laughter was born, Jon and I (and probably Ken and Paul too) used to haunt… Read More ›
A New Twist on Old Silver Laughter Tune – “Rainbow”
“Rainbow” Click on the link above to hear the tune. So this idea came to me as we start to cycle back through our original music that it would be nice to get short little quips from any of the… Read More ›
Evolution of Silver Laughter
I am posting some photos of Silver Laughter to show how the band evolved over the time they started on the road. There are many earlier photos with various band members, but since I am not sure of their order… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Itinerary for 1978
This looks like the schedule Art would send us periodically showing what dates were booked and where we would be traveling. As you can see, we spent most of the last part of 1978 in Minnesota with an occasional stop… Read More ›
Page 1 of the December, 1978 Silver Laughter Newsletter
I am pretty sure this is the last newsletter we put out since Art was “fired” shortly after this (big mistake!) when Kim decided to come back. I think the pressure to keep the Beatles Tribute in order to continue… Read More ›
Before Silver Laughter There Was The Contents Are:
“Everyone’s Friend” Before Paul and Mick joined Silver Laughter, they were part of the band, The Contents Are:. This studio recording was done at Golden Voice in Pekin, IL around 1970 and was rescued by our friend, Wade Calvert. Written… Read More ›