This picture is another one of Carl’s contributions. It has a really nice composition featuring band members Kim Ludtke, Steve Elliott and Jon Ludtke standing with Carl Frisch seated in front of the wagon wheel. Mick Orton
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More Photos in the Studio with Silver Laughter during Recording “Handle With Care”
Here is another from the set of photos Carl sent that he took during the “Handle With Care” recording sessions. There are many, and I will continue posting them over the next few months. This one is of Paul in… Read More ›
Live Performance Photos of Silver Laughter – ca. 1976-77
This photo from Carl is the start of a series of live performance photos and appears to be the period when several of us tried to get permanents in our hair. At least, that’s how it looks to me. Now… Read More ›
Silver Laughter in the Studio for “Sailing On Fantasies”
These photos have all been posted before, but I thought I would put them together in one post. Carl sent these for us to enjoy.
Some Friends of Silver Laughter
Carl sent these photos and a newspaper clipping of him in the Teen Tent at the Mississippi Valley Fair about 2 months before he met Silver Laughter. The first photo is of a couple of gals we met at Cheever’s… Read More ›
Four Performance Photos of Silver Laughter… Somewhere…
Carl didn’t tell me where these photos were taken, but he did send a lot of live performance photos from around 1976. His comment was, “If I had to guess, most of these performance pictures were taken at the Red… Read More ›
Custom Silver Laughter T-shirts
I believe Jon’s dad, John Ludtke, is the one who had these t-shirts made up for us. Later on Art got in on the action, but these were not his creations. The first shows us from the back. That’s Jonny… Read More ›
Completing the Set of Silver Laughter LIVE Performance Photos
Here is a picture of Paul from that same night as the last two posts. Notice the three-piece suit? Must have been a special evening!!! Notice the stuffed animal on Jon’s amplifier next to Paul? Those were little mascots a… Read More ›
Jon and Ken of Silver Laughter LIVE Performance Photos
Carl sent a lot of these so I will be posting them over the next several weeks or so. I believe this one was taken in the same gymnasium where my photo was taken. It shows Jon on his Rickenbacker… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Live Performance Photos
Here is a photo that Carl sent me… of me… in a gymnasium somewhere. See the scoreboard above my head? Silver Laughter 4, crowd 1000! Mick Orton