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 ›
Carl Frisch
Matchbook Collection from Various Silver Laughter Venues
Carl was quite the collector. The photo here shows all the matchbooks from many of the places Silver Laughter performed. Of course, that was back when smoking was allowed in bars and clubs! Mick Orton
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 ›
Donavon’s in Redwood Falls – Another Popular Silver Laughter Haunt!
Carl sent me a couple of ads they did for us when we performed in Redwood Falls at Donavon’s. The first was while Kim was still in the band. I do not know what the second picture on that ad… 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
More Silver Laughter Ads
Here is another Carl Contribution, an advertisement for a job we were playing at The Red Bull in Norfolk, NE, probably in 1976 just after Paul had joined the band. As I have said before this was one of our… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Gear – Insurance Photos – Part 3
Here is the last of the equipment photos from Carl’s collection. Some of them I do not recognize so they may have been taken when Denny and Steve were still in the group. For example, I do not recall any… Read More ›