“Feels Like the First Time” Updated: 3.15.2014: I sang lead on this Foreigner cover of “Feels Like The First Time”. It is obviously at the top of my range and was challenging to sing… on key. But I think it’s… Read More ›
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Extraordinary Find – A Silver Laughter NEWSLETTER in my guitar case…
This was addressed to my sister, Marjie Orton, back when she lived in Olema, CA which is near where I now live. Every quarter (I think) we did a newsletter which went out to our fans who signed up for… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton and the Viet Nam War
During The Contents Are: days, the Vietnam War was going on. We were all opposed to it as was a lot of America, especially since the draft was being used, and we were of draft age. In the fall of… Read More ›
“Lover” LIVE – from “Sailing On Fantasies”
“Lover” Recorded live at The Ranch & Company we had to improvise the song that was arranged in the studio with strings. I can’t remember if I played guitar on stage (don’t think so) but did on the album. It… Read More ›
“Rock and Roll Game” LIVE – from “Sailing On Fantasies”
Click Here for “Rock And Roll Game” This is one of the first songs Ken Wiles wrote and sang for Silver Laughter. Jon and I were on background vocals. It is also in the first round of recordings we did… Read More ›
Fans of Silver Laughter Check In!
I’m the owner of the Somewhere there is Music blog. I love your music a lot ! … I made this for promote your music and there are only a few tracks. Some albums of artists that I reviewed have… Read More ›
After Silver Laughter there was Double Shot – Updated 5/20/13
Note: Corrections and additions below are in [brackets and bold] If ever a name had significance, it was Double Shot! Ken and I had gotten closer as the end of Silver Laughter became clear. Jon and I had drifted farther… Read More ›
Mick Orton – Then and Now
I was born Michael John Orton. My Uncle Floyd always wanted to call me “Mickey”… over my mother’s dead body! As a kid, my hero was baseball player, Mickey Mantle, so this must have planted the seed. During the final… Read More ›
