I really never cared much for this photo, but it is part of the Silver Laughter history. This is one of the several matching outfits we used to appease picky club owners who insisted we wear them… pink tie-dye. The… Read More ›
Jon Ludtke
Silver Laughter Plays The Spice and Spirits Nightclub
I have no idea when we played this venue or where it was located, but apparently we did play there! The club’s flyer is very primitive as you can see. But we had obviously developed our Beatles Tribute which always… Read More ›
Yes, There Are Even More Photos From Silver Laughter and the IRRMA Hall of Fame Induction
Wow, that’s a long title! Here are a few more random shots from last year (August of 2014) when Silver Laughter was inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Music Association’s Hall of Fame. The first of the bunch shows… Read More ›
A 1975 Cheever’s Flyer for Silver Laughter
I am pretty sure the graphic was done by Steve Elliott. Carl says this is a 1975 Cheever’s flyer for Silver Laughter who played there April 14-26, a two week engagement. If memory serves, the first club we played in… Read More ›
Jon and Kim After Silver Laughter
This is another photo I grabbed from Facebook and cropped. Jonee, Jon and Kim’s sister posted a shot of her family hiking. It sure doesn’t look like Iowa… Jonee described this as out hiking with “Chuck Norris and Rambo”.
Silver Laughter’s “Rock And Roll Game” from “Sailing On Fantasies”
“Rock And Roll Game” Click on the link above to hear the MP3 version of this song from our second album, “Sailing On Fantasies”. Though the band members have gone their separate ways, the music still lives on. This photo… Read More ›
A 1977 Blue Moon Ballroom Schedule Features a Performance by Silver Laughter
The Blue Moon Ballroom was a nice venue even though it meant we were only playing one night. It was located in Marshall, MN. For us, the plum jobs were at least a week long, and if we got two… Read More ›
Founding Members, Jon and Kim Ludtke – We Wouldn’t Have Been Silver Laughter Without Them
It’s a long title for such a small picture. I cropped Jon and Kim out of a wonderful family photo their sister, Jonee, posted on Facebook today. Come to think of it, Jon had a suit like that to wear… Read More ›
1976 Silver Laughter Itinerary
This seemed to be an orphaned page from one of our newsletters. It was in the stuff Carl Frisch sent me on CD. Recently it came to our attention that South Dakota also has a Rock and Roll Music Association… Read More ›
Here’s That Early Silver Laughter Promo Picture
One of the promotional brochures had a picture that showed the boys in suits. Here is the 8×10 glossy it came from. From left are: John Carstensen, Denny Walton, Steve Elliott, Jon Ludtke and Kim Ludtke. Once again, the boys… Read More ›