As we were cleaning out the garage today, I found these two cassette copies of our albums that Art had produced for sale off the stage. I am not sure I even have a cassette player that will play them… Read More ›
Memorabilia
1970 Ad for Silver Laughter At Teen Fair
Steve Elliott sent me this little advertisement from 1970 where Silver Laughter played the Teen Fair on the bill with a couple of other groups. I do not know what venue they used or how long each band played (I… Read More ›
Shapes of Things To Come? Silver Laughter and The Contents Are: Share a Stage!
I thought I would do another quick post this morning before I head off to take care of business. Talk about a blast from the past! As I have stated elsewhere, our two bands, The Contents Are: and Silver Laughter… Read More ›
A 1970 Silver Laughter Song List Emerges!
Wow! This was in the stuff Steve Elliott sent me late last week. It is a song list from 1970 when Silver Laughter featured Jon and Kim Ludtke, John Carstensen and Steve Elliott. I should note that, over time, many… Read More ›
Silver Laughter History – T-shirts!
Here is a piece that was clipped from one of our table tents which shows three versions of Silver Laughter t-shirts. We sold them off stage between sets, and often gave them away to friends. The 1976 photo from Worthington… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Birthdays
Here is another clip from that 1977 table tent which was developed by Art to promote Silver Laughter. Notice it has the birthdays but not the years we were born? It also reminds me that I am way behind on… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter “Bio” From 1977 Memorabilia
Here is a clip of one of the pages from our brochures which Art had made up for us. We used to place these on tables where we played. It is a brief history of the band and how we… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s “Brian Epstein”
I wanted to post a quick note about our manager, Art Stenstrom (or Art “Smart, or Gus Scamera). As I wrote here earlier this week he sent me a manila envelope with negatives and some memorabilia which I have been… Read More ›
Entertainment Services Concept – Silver Laughter’s Management
Here is a VERY rare scan of a folder Art prepared for his talent management company, Entertainment Services Concept, the agency that set up jobs for us during most of my time with the band. As stated elsewhere, we started… Read More ›
Lead Sheet from Silver Laughter’s “Lover”
This is the lead sheet for the song “Lover” which appeared on the second album, “Sailing on Fantasies”.