It’s funny that will all the performing we did when I was with Silver Laughter you would think there would be more photos from our live performances. However, most of our photos were from publicity photo sessions. This one came… Read More ›
John Carstensen
Shapes of Things To Come? Silver Laughter and The Contents Are: Share a Stage!
I thought I would do another quick post this morning before I head off to take care of business. Talk about a blast from the past! As I have stated elsewhere, our two bands, The Contents Are: and Silver Laughter… Read More ›
A 1970 Silver Laughter Song List Emerges!
Wow! This was in the stuff Steve Elliott sent me late last week. It is a song list from 1970 when Silver Laughter featured Jon and Kim Ludtke, John Carstensen and Steve Elliott. I should note that, over time, many… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – The Early Years!
I want to send out a huge thank you to Steve Elliott, one of the original Silver Laughter band members. We finally figured out how to get the photos to me using Dropbox. After seeing how big some of the… Read More ›
Correction to Silver Laughter History
Since I was not in the band from the beginning, I was a bit sketchy on the origin of Silver Laughter. The real story is the original band which featured Jon and Kim Ludtke, Steve Elliott, and John Carstensen was… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s John Carstensen To Be Inducted By IRRMA
One of the early members of Silver Laughter, John Carstensen, will also be inducted into the Iowa R&R Hall of Fame for 2014. I “borrowed” these two photos from Mark Zaputil’s Facebook page along with his captions. “John on stage… Read More ›
Marin California Newspaper Releases Press Release – Silver Laughter IRRMA Induction
A press release was submitted to the local Marin County newspaper, The Marin Independent Journal, about the IRRMA induction. They used a portion of it to tie the story to local news. Read the entire article here. Mick Orton
Jonee Jones Publishes History of Silver Laughter
[Updated 7/25/14 – This document was removed and placed on the IRRMA website] Jonee Jones, sister of Jon and Kim Ludtke, did a nice writeup about the history of the band and how the name came about. Take a look… Read More ›
Calculation of Silver Laughter’s Hours On The Road
Attached is a scan of the back page of our late November 1977 newsletter. It shows all the places Art had us booked at the time of the printing. I did a quick calculation and came up with about 100… Read More ›