I have been receiving updates from Garage Hangover which did a piece on The Contents Are:. I tried to get them to do one of Silver Laughter, but the site is dedicated to bands that were together in the ’60’s…. Read More ›
Art Stenstrom
Another 1978 Photo of Silver Laughter
As you can probably tell, I am running out of material. So I am back to posting outtakes from the photo sessions that I converted from Art’s negatives. This one is from the 1978 Des Moines set featuring all the… Read More ›
Silver Laughter and Sound and Light Man, Carl Frisch
As I have mentioned before in my postings, Carl Frisch was a big part of our band because, not only did he do sound and lights for our live performances, but he also was head cook! So when we did… Read More ›
“Turn Your Face Away” from “Handle With Care” by Silver Laughter
“Turn Your Face Away” This is another one of those melded songs that Jon had part of it and I had a part of it. We figured out how to put them together into this song. Jon had the verses… Read More ›
A Quick Thought About Silver Laughter’s Last Days
At the end of 1979 when we were winding down, we did some of our best cover songs. By reaching out past the Beatles and learning tunes by The Cars, Tom Petty, The Ramones, Fleetwood Mac and even Kiss, we… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s “Bad News” From “Sailing On Fantasies”
“Bad News” I have recounted the work Jon and I did on the lyrics of this song in other places on our website. Jon, Kim and I had a telephone conversation last night and agreed that lyrically it is one… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter Original “Any Words You Can Say” from the “Handle With Care” Album
“Any Words You Can Say” This is a re-post from the March 2013 article for our newer subscribers. It is the complete first album version of this song which we recorded back in 1976. According to the liner notes, Art… Read More ›
October 1978 Silver Laughter Photo
Here is a nice photo I cropped from the session Art did for us in Des Moines in late October of 1978. I think it must have been the end of one roll as the emulsion didn’t cover the frame…. Read More ›
CORRECTION to Silver Laughter Photo Notes
After all the times I have been saying the photos from the October 29th session in 1978 were taken in Rock Island, it turns out that is not correct. A couple of days ago I shot Art an e-mail with… Read More ›
Quick Post on the Silver Laughter 1976 Timeline
Here is yet another photo from the Worthington collection taken by Art Stenstrom in the fall of 1976 just after Kim announced he was leaving Silver Laughter. Paul Staack, my band mate from The Contents Are:, was invited to play… Read More ›