If you click here you can get a sample of my recent find. On a couple of old reel to reel tapes of my first band, The Contents Are:, we were able to save 14 live original songs from the… Read More ›
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Incredible Find! Original Outtakes from “Sailing On Fantasies”
“Don’t Feel Bad” This is the last of the outtakes that I have in my possession from the “Sailing On Fantasies” album. The title of the album itself was a play on words. The original working title was “Sailing Ships… Read More ›
Some History Before Mick Orton Joined Silver Laughter
Here are some photos out of the archives. Fortunately for me, my mom saved everything. This first photo is of me in my bedroom at 2103 N. Ohio Ave. in Davenport, Iowa where I lived since I was 7 years… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Plays The Pomp Room – So Does Aerosmith… Much Later
Here’s kind of an interesting story. This is the copy of the contract to play the Pomp Room in Sioux Falls, SD. Apparently this was after we decided to leave manager Art Stenstrom and go out on our own and… Read More ›
Incredible Find! Original Outtakes from “Sailing on Fantasies”
“Sunny Day” A very nice, clean version of the song that is on the “Sailing On Fantasies” album. However, something’s missing, and I can’t quite figure out what it is. After all, this is an outtake, so it did not… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“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 ›
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 ›