“Don’t Feel Bad” This is the last of the outtakes that I have in my possession from the “Sailing On Fantasies” album. The title of the album itself was a play on words. The original working title was “Sailing Ships… Read More ›
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Incredible Find! Original Outtakes from “Sailing on Fantasies”
“Sunny Day” A very nice, clean version of the song that is on the “Sailing On Fantasies” album. However, something’s missing, and I can’t quite figure out what it is. After all, this is an outtake, so it did not… Read More ›
Before Managing Silver Laughter, Art Smart Played Bass
Click here to listen to “Too Heavy To Carry” by Sunday Social. Updated 4/9/13 – Art “Smart” Stenstrom came to us as a manager after we left Big G Enterprises in Des Moines. If memory serves, we played the Geisler… Read More ›
Incredible Find! Original Outtakes from “Sailing on Fantasies”
“Showdown“ After listening to this outtake, I do not hear much difference, if any, from this and the final version that ended up on the album. The strings are there, and the arrangement seems complete. The song started out as… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Sgt. Pepper Reprise” Silver Laughter’s Tribute to the Beatles – We had 2 one hour sets with films and slides on screens behind us. From left: Jon, Ken. Mick and Kim below. We used this song as the ending for… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“All My Loving” Here is the longer cover version of one of the Beatles songs we did in our tribute. All the songs in the tribute were shortened to include the most important parts. We also worked on putting them… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Evil Woman” Here is another song where I switched from bass to piano, and Ken switched from lead to bass. Jon played any lead or fills on guitar and Paul played drums. Once again, I am singing lead with… Read More ›
Before Silver Laughter – The Contents Are: recorded “I Don’t Know”
“I Don’t Know” Although I didn’t appear on the “Through You” album, I was a fan of this song which was one side of a single in the late ’60’s while I was still in high school. Dave and Paul… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Sara Smile” Here is a live soulful rendition of the Hall and Oates classic, “Sara Smile” sung by Ken on lead with Mick, Jon and Paul on backup vocals. If I haven’t said it elsewhere, our drummers, both Kim and… Read More ›
Before Silver Laughter – The Contents Are: recorded “Goin’ To Be Mine” LIVE
“Goin’ To Be Mine” Click on the link above to hear this original song that I wrote this song while I was with The Contents Are:. As a rocker, it was always a pretty big hit with our audiences. I… Read More ›