This is an open letter to Andy Babiuk, the author of the FANTASTIC book, “Beatles Gear. It is my opinion that he may be one of the best researchers of Beatles equipment ever and might be the only person in… Read More ›
History
Jon Ludtke Joins Cold Stare After Silver Laughter Breakup
I need to talk to Jon this week to find out more about this band. It is my understanding it was a four piece punk/new wave band who did some recording. Where it fell time-wise with the breakup of Silver… Read More ›
Two Brothers Club in Rock Rapids – A Silver Laughter Venue
I really do not remember this place, only that the name of the venue sounds familiar. We were there in 1978, and my booking calendar confirms that we only played one night. That was a lot of work, especially considering… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Plays The Spice and Spirits Nightclub
I have no idea when we played this venue or where it was located, but apparently we did play there! The club’s flyer is very primitive as you can see. But we had obviously developed our Beatles Tribute which always… Read More ›
Update to a December 2012 Silver Laughter Post!
Back in December of 2012 when this site was just a little over a month old, I posted a story about my early days in music along with some band history. In the story I talked about how I used… Read More ›
Morninglight – A Silver Laughter Connection
This morning I found someone had posted an old article, probably from the Quad City Times, the Davenport newspaper. The story and picture highlight the band, Morninglight of which Ken Wiles was a member. Somehow they managed to get written… Read More ›
A 1975 Cheever’s Flyer for Silver Laughter
I am pretty sure the graphic was done by Steve Elliott. Carl says this is a 1975 Cheever’s flyer for Silver Laughter who played there April 14-26, a two week engagement. If memory serves, the first club we played in… Read More ›
A 1977 Blue Moon Ballroom Schedule Features a Performance by Silver Laughter
The Blue Moon Ballroom was a nice venue even though it meant we were only playing one night. It was located in Marshall, MN. For us, the plum jobs were at least a week long, and if we got two… Read More ›
Founding Members, Jon and Kim Ludtke – We Wouldn’t Have Been Silver Laughter Without Them
It’s a long title for such a small picture. I cropped Jon and Kim out of a wonderful family photo their sister, Jonee, posted on Facebook today. Come to think of it, Jon had a suit like that to wear… Read More ›
An E-mail Goes Out to Silver Laughter and The Silvers Fans at NumberOneMusic
Hello, Thank you for your interest in our bands. So far I have not been able to figure out how to use the NumberOneMusic e-mail system. It says it is easy, but I have not found it to be so…. Read More ›