“The Long and Winding Road” This short clip is from our piano set performed at the Tradewinds in Calgary during July of 1977. I am singing lead with the boys doing the backup vocals. The Silver Laughter lineup for this… Read More ›
Music
Silver Laughter’s Easter Present To You – “Whiskey Heaven” From “Handle With Care”
“Whiskey Heaven” In 1976 we released our first album, “Handle With Care”, which I have said was a compilation of songs Jon and I had written at various stages of our musical careers. Some were written for the album, and… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Ken Wiles Sings “Working Man”
“Working Man” To this point I have been reluctant to put all our original music from the albums up on the website, but this song from our first album, “Handle With Care” is a good one and worth publishing here…. Read More ›
Silver Laughter Performs “I Want To Hold Your Hand” in Port Byron, 1978
Here is yet another version of “I Want To Hold Your Hand” from our Beatles Tribute. Culled from set #2 which was over 50 minutes long, it got a great crowd response from the Port Byron audience in 1978. What… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s “I Can’t Believe In You” from “Sailing On Fantasies”
In 1978 Silver Laughter was rolling along as my booking calendar shows. We were playing almost non-stop even though disco had raised its ugly head. Our Beatles Tribute helped make us stand out from other bands who were getting the… Read More ›
Another Silver Laughter Cover of the Beatles “She Loves You”
“She Loves You”was one of the finale songs from both our Beatles Tributes. In set 1 we ended with “She Loves You”, “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “Sergeant Pepper – Reprise”. In set 2 we ended with… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Does Boz Scaggs
Jon sang lead on this Boz Scaggs tune which is culled from our Port Byron sessions back in 1978. I posted it in February of 2013 but wanted to bring it to the top again. We learned it in an… Read More ›
Half of Silver Laughter Plays on The Contents Are: Studio Recording of “No Chance To Choose”
Exploring our musical roots is part of the Silver Laughter heritage as well as what we have done musically after the breakup. This selection was featured in a four song demo The Contents Are: did at Columbia Studios in Chicago… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Plays “Yesterday” Live
Here is yet another Beatles song from our tribute which was performed in June of 1978 at The Ranch & Co. in Port Byron, IL. We were recorded over two nights, and the audience response this particular evening is so… Read More ›
More Silver Laughter Cover Songs
“The Boys Are Back In Town” Back at the end of January of 2013, I had run out of live cuts of our original songs and began to post cover tunes from the Port Byron recordings of June 1978. Since… Read More ›