Beatles 1963 Christmas Recording Click on the link above to hear a 5 minute recording The Beatles did for their fan club at Christmas back in 1963. They did one as a group for each year up through 1969. Some… Read More ›
Art Stenstrom
Silver Laughter Connection To Sunday Social
Elsewhere on this site, I have written about our manager, Art Stenstom, and the fact that he was in a band called Sunday Social. Also in that group was the guy who wrote and arranged the horns and strings for… Read More ›
Going Back Through Silver Laughter Albums – “Sailing On Fantasies”
“Bad News” Click on the link above to hear this fourth song on the first side of the second album by Silver Laughter. Jon dropped me a note about this song the other day on Facebook and asked if I… Read More ›
Going Back Through Silver Laughter Albums – “Handle With Care”
“Goin’ To Be Mine” Click on the link above to hear this straight ahead rocker performed by Silver Laughter (also done by The Contents Are:) featuring Jon on vocals and guitar, Ken on lead and vocals, Kim on drums and… Read More ›
Going Back Through Silver Laughter Albums – “Sailing On Fantasies”
“Don’t Want To Lose” This is the third song on “Sailing On Fantasies”, the second Silver Laughter album, written and sung by Ken Wiles. It was a blast to work on the arrangement together! It developed over weeks as we… Read More ›
Going Back Through Silver Laughter Albums – “Handle With Care”
“No One Can Do It” Click on the link above to hear the third song on the “Handle With Care” album which was also the B side to the “Angela” single. Kim played drums on this recording. The photo is… Read More ›
Going Back Through Silver Laughter Albums – “Sailing On Fantasies”
“Turn It Down” Click on the link above to hear the second song on the first side of Silver Laughter’s “Sailing On Fantasies” album. The slightly out of focus photo comes from the sessions shot in Worthington by our manager,… Read More ›
Going Back Through Silver Laughter Albums – “Handle With Care”
“Angela” This song goes out to our friend, Steve Borchardt, who lives in Minnesota. Not that long ago he asked for a copy of this vinyl 45 (backed with “No One Can Do It”) which I happened to find in… Read More ›
Going Back Through Silver Laughter Albums – “Sailing On Fantasies”
“Sing Me Your Love Songs” Click on the link above to hear the first song on the Silver Laughter second album released in 1978. Musicians featured on this album were Jon (guitar and vocals), Ken (bass and vocals), Paul (drums… Read More ›
Going Back Through Silver Laughter Albums – “Handle With Care”
“Any Words You Can Say” This is the first song on our first album… again. Even though the song is old, the photo is new. Well, new from 1976, taken in Worthington in the fall by our manager, Art Stenstrom…. Read More ›