This crumpled up piece of paper was salvaged by Carl somewhere along the line. The document shows an early list of songs meant to accompany a tape that promoted the band back in the early ’70’s. It was done at… Read More ›
Denny Walton
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 ›
OLD Silver Laughter Photo
I have no idea where this was taken. Carl sent it to me of the boys sometime around 1974, I am guessing. They were performing as a 5 piece band at that time. And for this number they had John… Read More ›
An Early Silver Laughter Promo Piece – Places They Played
I say “they” in the title because I think this was put together before I joined the band. Notice that the band was playing a lot on the road which is what was attractive to me when Jon offered me… Read More ›
Pages 9 & 10 of the Silver Laughter Booklet
So here are the last few pages of the Silver Laughter promotional booklet from around 1970 or so. As you can see John Carstensen is featured on the last page before the inside back cover shows the band in matching… Read More ›
Pages 7 & 8 of the Silver Laughter Booklet
These two pages have short profiles of drummer, Kim Ludtke and guitarist/harmonica player, Denny Walton.
Pages 5 & 6 of the Silver Laughter Booklet
Pages 5 & 6 of this brochure has various photos of performances as well as promotional and outtake pictures.
Early Silver Laughter Performing Photo
This photo was taken in late 1969 or early 1970 (my guess) and features Silver Laughter with the following lineup: Jon (on acoustic), John Carstensen (behind him), Denny Walton (on harmonica), Kim (on drums) and Steve Elliott (on bass). The… Read More ›
Pages 1 & 2 of the Silver Laughter Booklet
Back on January 13, I posted the cover art for the Silver Laughter advertising booklet. Upon opening that cover, here are the first two pages of that piece. I am pretty sure Jon and Kim’s dad, John, put this together…. Read More ›
A Page from the Silver Laughter Brochure
When Carl sent me the CD with all the photos and memorabilia one of the folders held several pages from a Silver Laughter brochure that was used in the early days for promotion. Over the next few days I will… Read More ›