Silver Laughter co-founder, Steve Elliott, has always been active in music. I remember the early cover songs they did that included vocally challenging numbers like “Living Loving Maid” by Led Zeppelin, “I’ve Got a Feelin’” by The Beatles and some… Read More ›
It’s not clear if this simple contract was used by the band while with Art Stenstrom’s Entertainment Services Contract. Probably not. Once Silver Laughter went on the road, they had to join the union at which time union contracts were… Read More ›
It is not clear when in the Sneaky Feelin’ evolution that is photo was taken, but it shows ex-Silver Laughter members Steve Elliott and Denny Walton were in the band.
Back on March 12 I wrote about a friend, Shawna, who used to see us in Sioux Falls and found our website early this year. Well, here in the first page of the December 1977 newsletter Jon mentions her by… Read More ›
“Evil Woman” Click on the link above to hear Silver Laughter perform this Electric Light Orchestra song. It was during that part of the set when Ken switched to bass and Mick went to the little electric piano. Jon is… Read More ›
As I have written before, Silver Laughter influenced many other bands. As members left, they formed other groups, but the one common denominator was the original band, Silver Laughter, in which they had all participated. This photo shows two ex-members,… Read More ›
“I Wanna Be With You” Click on the link above to hear Silver Laughter cover a song by The Raspberries. Mick is singing lead with Jon and Ken (and maybe Paul) doing the backups. This is another cut from the… Read More ›
Page 4 was usually for our upcoming itinerary. This shows that in 1977 the Valhalla and Blue Moon Ballrooms as well as the Red Bull and Buccaneer Clubs were very popular haunts for us. Notice that they each show up… Read More ›
Manager, Art “Smart” Stenstrom, played bass in a blues/soul band called Sunday Social before becoming a talent manager. We first met him when he worked for Rick Geisler, but he later went out on his own as Entertainment Services Concept… Read More ›
Here is a little photo from a group I was in not all that long ago. Ed (the guy on the right) put together a little jazz trio with me on bass, Dave Dewey on drums and Ed on guitar…. Read More ›