“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 ›
George Harrison
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“Something” We did very few George Harrison songs in our Beatles Tribute, but this one had to be included since it was one of the most popular tunes off the “Abbey Road” album. I think we do a bang up… 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 ›
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“Please Please Me” – “From Me To You” Medley Once we were committed to doing a Beatles Tribute, we constantly looked for fun and intelligent ways to meld the songs together. We also studied the instrument parts so they were… Read More ›
More On Silver Laughter’s Ken and Mick as Double Shot
(Note: Ken and I have been e-mailing back and forth about our experiences as a duo. I am going to post here what we started talking about in interview format. I hope you find it interesting. Many times I have… Read More ›
Silver Laughter At The Movies
Sometimes I remember a place by the movies we saw during our stay in those cities. Often we were not up during the day after playing late into the night and then spending time with the club owner drinking and… Read More ›
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“Revolution” – “Back In The USSR” Medley This clip comes in after we finished “Ob La Di, Ob La Da” during our Calgary performance of Beatles Tribute #1 and started changing instruments. Ken put down the bass and went back… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “I Can’t Believe In You”
This song was sort of a take off on the Beatles “Run For Your Life” from “Rubber Soul”. During the recording of the cut, I guess we must have thought the vocal was a little too sweet to be a… Read More ›
Here’s My Story on Discovering the Beatles – Ken Wiles of Silver Laughter
(Note: Ken contacted me today to ask if he could post a story about himself and tell you how he became interested in music. So here is his memory of the first Beatles sighting. We hope there will be more… Read More ›
Random Memories from Mick Orton of Silver Laughter
My guess it was around 1961 or ’62 that everyone in my 6th grade class at Wilson Elementary started listening to the transistor radio and the local radio station. Back then we didn’t have different music charts like they do… Read More ›