“Four Days Gone” Click on the link above to hear this live recording. Members of Silver Laughter for this performance were : Jon and Kim Ludtke, Mick Orton and Ken Wiles who sings lead. It has been so long (almost… Read More ›
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From the Time Capsule – Silver Laughter Live Music from “Handle With Care”
“Any Words You Can Say” Click on the link above to hear the original song from Silver Laughter’s first album,”Handle With Care” performed live. Steve Elliott, one of the founding members, was kind enough to send me some live cuts… Read More ›
The Col Ballroom – Another Silver Laughter Hangout
I do not remember the lines being quite as long to get in as it shows in this photo, but I do remember spending many evenings watching bands at the Col Ballroom in Downtown Davenport, Iowa. It was where Jon,… Read More ›
Morninglight – A Silver Laughter Connection
This morning I found someone had posted an old article, probably from the Quad City Times, the Davenport newspaper. The story and picture highlight the band, Morninglight of which Ken Wiles was a member. Somehow they managed to get written… Read More ›
1971 Silver Laughter Plays the Punkin Ball
I don’t know if they still do it, or if this was just an Iowa thing, but at Halloween school kids were encouraged to sign pledges instead of doing “Tricks”. As a gift for signing the pledge, kids could attend… Read More ›
Another Hit from the Silver Laughter Vault – “Turn Your Face Away”
“Turn Your Face Away” Click on the link above to hear a Silver Laughter original from the “Handle With Care” album. The photo is from the Mississippi Valley Fair Teen Tent at the Davenport fairgrounds around 1976. Though it is… Read More ›
Silver Laughter History – The Contents Are:
Fortunately, I was in my first professional band just out of high school. They had what I thought was a strange name; The Contents Are:. People told me they got the idea from the ingredients on a soup can label…. Read More ›
Early Silver Laughter Photos
These are very early Silver Laughter pictures that Carl sent me. Some of them have been posted elsewhere on this site. The first two are from the band shell down at the park on the levee in Davenport. From left… Read More ›
Talent Spectacular ’75 Brochure Features Silver Laughter
Yesterday a flat showed up from Art Stenstrom. It was a surprise to open it and find several pages he had put through the copier to send to me. They were of the 1975 brochure for the Talent Spectacular ’75 put… Read More ›
1979 Photo of Silver Laughter – One of the Last Publicity Photos of the Band
Here is another in that set we did in 1979. I do not remember seeing this before. It was in the collection Jon and Kim sent to IRRMA for the Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The picture was taken in… Read More ›