When it comes to fortune cookies one has to take it with a grain of salt (or maybe soy sauce). However, since February I have been getting interesting tidbits from my local Jennie Low’s Chinese Restaurant! Now to be sure,… Read More ›
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Back In March A Reverbnation Account Was Created For Silver Laughter
Since we are getting so many new views from all over the world, it’s worth repeating in case some of you missed it. Take a look at ReverbNation and listen to a few cuts from our “Sailing On Fantasies” album… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“If I Fell” – “I Should Have Known Better” In our Beatles Tribute #2 (this one recorded at the Ranch and Co. in Port Byron) we left “A Hard Day’s Night” and went right into “If I Fell” followed by… Read More ›
NEW MUSIC! Lyrics to “Running Away”
As promised (or threatened), soon I will be going into the studio to record a few Wiles-Orton tunes written around the time we arrived in Northern California hot off our Double Shot success! This one was a reggae/rock tune conceived… Read More ›
REWARD! Silver Laughter Stories Sought!
I have been posting on this site for about 9 months, sometimes posting several times a day, and I am running out of memories. What I would like to propose is this. I want to reward anyone who: Asks questions… Read More ›
Some Dark Days after the Silver Laughter Breakup
I have been giving some thought to the days after the Silver Laughter breakup; the Double Shot days and the subsequent move to California. Now while I am glad we ended up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I look… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Handle With Care” – Lyrics to “Working Man”
Sung by Ken, this was our little jab at the work world we left behind. Much like Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing” or Bachmann Turner Overdrive’s “Taking Care of Business”, we chose to talk about how we took the easy… Read More ›
Should it Be The Silvers or The Lafters?
Friends, I took about a week off from posting as I have been working on some new material for this site; musical compositions that Ken and I wrote during our days shortly after the Silver Laughter breakup. My hope is… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Kim Ludtke Gives Some History of the Band
Note: Kim and I were talking by e-mail about the Iowa R&R Hall of Fame, and he gave me some history of Silver Laughter of which I was totally unaware. Here is what he sent me. – Mick Orton Silver… Read More ›
More Thoughts On Silver Laughter’s “Turn It Down”
“Turn It Down” LIVE from Port Byron Jon and I spent a lot of time on the lyrics for the song, “Turn It Down”. We were big admirers of John Lennon’s way of turning a phrase and clever lyrics,… Read More ›