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 ›
Lyrics
NEW MUSIC! Lyrics to “Good Friends”
This song was one of the first that Ken and I collaborated on after arriving in California. I think we wrote it in my sister Marjie’s place which was a converted garage in Pt. Reyes Station. Ken and I sponged… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “Rock And Roll Game”
I absolutely love this song. It is one of Ken’s first original contributions to the Silver Laughter playlist, and especially appealing is the harmony guitar solo Ken did with himself in the break! Mick Orton
NEW MUSIC! Lyrics to “Down and Out”
This was written by Ken and me after we had first arrived in California with no money. We had no work prospects except a few odd jobs my sister, Marjie, found for us. And living in that small studio apartment… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “Hand In Hand”
“Hand In Hand” was Paul’s only contribution to the Silver Laughter “Sailing On Fantasies” album. We had a great time arranging it. The piano parts just seemed to come to me. It was such an inspired tune that Paul wrote… Read More ›
NEW MUSIC! Lyrics to “Hey, Marie”
This song came to me when I was riding around with my young daughter, Angela Marie. So I would sing to her in the back seat, “A. Marie” which was the kernel for this tune that Ken and I wrote… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Handle With Care” – Lyrics to “Whiskey Heaven”
This song was written before I joined Silver Laughter, but Jon and I decided to adopt the Lennon-McCartney writing style by putting both of our names on all the tunes he and I wrote.
NEW MUSIC! Lyrics to “So Long”
As I have said elsewhere in other articles, Ken and I went through a kind of dark period after leaving Silver Laughter and moving to California. I hope nobody finds this post in bad taste though the subject is quite… Read More ›
NEW MUSIC! Lyrics to “Mr. Kool”
(Updated 12/22/15 – The Silvers will record this song and put it on our album, “After The Laughter”.) (Updated 9/3/13 in Bold and Italics. The Ken who says he doesn’t remember much from those days corrected my memory!) So far… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “Don’t Want To Lose”
This is one of my favorite songs from the album. Here are the lyrics which are attached to the clip from “Sailing On Fantasies”. If you play and write music, you may know what I mean by this. When one… Read More ›