John Carstensen

John Carstensen, Jon Ludtke (standing) and Kim Ludtke

Yet Another Early Silver Laughter Photo

By The Silvers on February 6, 2015 • ( 0 )

Just to prove my point that Jon’s hair was always changing, here are three Silver Laughter members… where, I don’t know. That’s Jon standing above John Carstensen and Jon’s brother, Kim.

Silver laughter 1974 - John, Jon, Denny, Kim and Steve

OLD Silver Laughter Photo

By The Silvers on February 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

I have no idea where this was taken. Carl sent it to me of the boys sometime around 1974, I am guessing. They were performing as a 5 piece band at that time. And for this number they had John… Read More ›

An Early Silver Laughter Promo Piece – Places They Played

By The Silvers on February 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

I say “they” in the title because I think this was put together before I joined the band. Notice that the band was playing a lot on the road which is what was attractive to me when Jon offered me… Read More ›

Pages 9 & 10 of the Silver Laughter Booklet

By The Silvers on January 27, 2015 • ( 1 )

So here are the last few pages of the Silver Laughter promotional booklet from around 1970 or so. As you can see John Carstensen is featured on the last page before the inside back cover shows the band in matching… Read More ›

Pages 5 & 6 of the Silver Laughter Booklet

By The Silvers on January 24, 2015 • ( 0 )

Pages 5 & 6 of this brochure has various photos of performances as well as promotional and outtake pictures.

Early Silver Laughter Performing Photo

By The Silvers on January 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

This photo was taken in late 1969 or early 1970 (my guess) and features Silver Laughter with the following lineup: Jon (on acoustic), John Carstensen (behind him), Denny Walton (on harmonica), Kim (on drums) and Steve Elliott (on bass). The… Read More ›