History
FOUND: Song List from 1978-79
Just to prove that we did do a lot of Cheap Trick songs (7 in all) in our performances, here is a song list which was stuck to the back of another sheet of paper in my Silver Laughter folder…. Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s close encounter with Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick
In our travels, we ended up playing a night club in Pekin, Illinois. I am not exactly sure what year it was, but I am thinking it was in the spring of 1978 before Cheap Trick’s first album was released… Read More ›
Ken and Art Check In
After I posted the contract for Fort Dodge, both Ken and Art checked in. It should be noted that sometime in 1979, after our New York trip, the band decided to go ahead and try booking ourselves. As I said… Read More ›
Mort and Mary Jane – Some of Silver Laughter’s biggest supporters
Though neither of them did much with music, my mom did teach us kids how to harmonize when we were really little. On long car rides, we would sing songs to pass the time. Morton Orton was a really happy… Read More ›
Another Contract for The Showboat Ballroom – Marshall, MN
We are Marshall? If you look at this contract from 1979, you can see that we were guaranteed $500 (almost $1,600 in 2013) or 50% of the door. At $2.50 a person, it doesn’t sound like much. but we used… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s “Working Man”… our “Taking Care of Business”
As I have said before, a lot of our music for “Handle With Care” was already written for other groups before we combined them into a single album. But a few of the tunes were written after I joined the… Read More ›
After Silver Laughter… after Double Shot… There was Island Fever
After Ken and I arrived in California following the demise of Double Shot, my sister, Marjie Orton, was busy writing and performing her own original songs with a band called Honey Creek, a three piece all girl acoustic group. Eventually,… Read More ›