Note: Corrections below are in bold with the date they were entered in [brackets]. I remember well sitting in my last period study hall at Williams Jr. High school in 9th grade. The girl next to me was reading a… Read More ›
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Some Thoughts About “Sing Me Your Love Songs”
Jon and I were always trying to make our Silver Laughter songs as meaningful as possible. Some of the newer songs of various artists seem to not know what a rhyme is. Our efforts were to make lyrics as well… Read More ›
Art was SMART!
I wanted to take a minute to give a shout out to our manager, Art “Smart” Stenstrom. As I go through the Silver Laughter archives, I am amazed at how much promo stuff we had for a road band in… Read More ›
From the Silver Laughter Booking Calendar for March, 1978
March of 1978 was another busy month for the band. After 5 days off (3 at the end of February and 2 to start off March) we did a one nighter at the Two Brother’s Club, then packed up and… Read More ›
In the Studio for Sailing on Fantasies
We started recording Sailing on Fantasies in 1977 (I think). I am going to talk to Jon to see if he can help me with this. He has a great memory. But here are some photos from our sessions at… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Travel Schedule for 1978 – January – We were busy boys!
Updates 5/12/13 in bold italics – I found my booking calendar for 1978, our last year together. (Actually we stayed together until late in 1979.) As I look through the names of the bars and nightclubs, I wonder how many… Read More ›
GloryDazeMusic posts an article on Silver Laughter’s Sailing on Fantasies
Here is the first article that started the recent interest in Silver Laughter’s music. http://www.glorydazemusic.com/articles.php?article_id=4407
POP Geek Heaven has a Silver Laughter article plus a couple of cuts from our albums
Eric Abrahamsen has been a staunch supporter of our music even before we started communicating. My daughter (Angela!) found his first article on Glory Daze Music, but when I contacted him about some inaccuracies in his piece, he said he… Read More ›
From the Silver Laughter Booking Calendar – February 1978
February was a little quieter. Remember, we were almost constantly on the road playing music. You would think there would be no time to spend the money we made. However, I recall periods like these with a lot of days… Read More ›