“Going To Be Mine” Here is Mick Orton of The Silvers singing lead in a Silver Laughter original off the “Handle With Care” album. Backup vocals are done by Jon Ludtke on rhythm, Ken Wiles on lead and Paul Staack… Read More ›
Doc Holliday’s
Friend Of Silver Laughter Checks In!
I received an e-mail today from someone who saw Silver Laughter in 1978 at Doc Holliday’s after he found the schedule which Carl Frisch saved and I posted on this site. I asked permission to share the note, and here… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Plays Doc Holliday’s in Shakopee, MN
Another popular venue that has been documented here several times is Doc Holliday’s in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Fortunately, Carl saved one of the advertisements from our job from November of 1978. It appears it was a fold… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for November 1978
The first week of November had us finishing up a week at the Kongo Club in Mitchell, SD on a Sunday night. Monday and Tuesday we had off before Jon and I flew to New York to try and sell… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for July 1978
Here is another solid month with only ONE day off! Whew, makes me tired just looking at it knowing all the work we did to play these places along with the rehearsals we probably did during the daytime. The month… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for June 1978
Finally, a very busy month with only 5 days off! If you remember, we started the last day of May at a place called the Briarwood… sounds like the name of the club in Caddyshack! After 5 nights there, we… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for April 1978
Okay, where was I? Oh, yes, we started the month by finishing up a week at the Kongo Club in Mitchell, SD on Saturday the 1st, then took two days off before starting a week at the Viking Bar… where… Read More ›
Meeting A “Starr” with Silver Laughter
One of my favorite trips through Minnesota was hitting a spot that Silver Laughter performed often during my time with them. It was a club in Shakopee (outside of Minneapolis) called Doc Hollidays, and that was where Silver Laughter played my… Read More ›