I am not sure who printed these cards. It could have been Jon and Kim’s dad. I just don’t know. But it seems unlikely that a club owner would print something like this to hand out to its customers especially… Read More ›
Memorabilia
Silver Laughter Plays Doc Holliday’s in Shakopee, MN
Another popular venue that has been documented here several times is Doc Holliday’s in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Fortunately, Carl saved one of the advertisements from our job from November of 1978. It appears it was a fold… Read More ›
Pages 9 & 10 of the Silver Laughter Booklet
So here are the last few pages of the Silver Laughter promotional booklet from around 1970 or so. As you can see John Carstensen is featured on the last page before the inside back cover shows the band in matching… Read More ›
Carl Scores Big with Old Silver Laughter Newsletters!
Today I came across another treasure trove of silly material sent to me by sound and light man, Carl Frisch; several copies of newsletters Silver Laughter did. They were put together by our manager, Art Stenstrom, and written by the… Read More ›
Pages 7 & 8 of the Silver Laughter Booklet
These two pages have short profiles of drummer, Kim Ludtke and guitarist/harmonica player, Denny Walton.
Pages 5 & 6 of the Silver Laughter Booklet
Pages 5 & 6 of this brochure has various photos of performances as well as promotional and outtake pictures.
Silver Laughter Plays the Sportspage – September 17, 1978
Here is a flyer from 1978 touting our Tribute to the Beatles for our show at the Sportspage Nightclub (probably in the Minneapolis area). According to our booking calendar for that month we finished up a two week stay at… Read More ›
Personal Note to Ken Wiles from Silver Laughter Founding Member Steve Elliott
I was digging through some stuff in my closet and came upon this personal note from Steve Elliott to Ken Wiles. It was written on the back of a Sneaky Feelin’ 8×10 glossy and apparently done after the “Handle With… Read More ›
Pages 3 & 4 of the Silver Laughter Booklet
Continuing on down Memory Lane, here are the next two pages of the Silver Laughter Booklet. First up are two of the founding members’ photos, Jon and Steve. The sketches were done by Steve, the band’s official cartoonist.
Pages 1 & 2 of the Silver Laughter Booklet
Back on January 13, I posted the cover art for the Silver Laughter advertising booklet. Upon opening that cover, here are the first two pages of that piece. I am pretty sure Jon and Kim’s dad, John, put this together…. Read More ›