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 ›
Here are a couple more photos of Silver Laughter onstage from around 1976-77.
Continuing on down Memory Lane, here are the next two pages of the Silver Laughter Booklet. First up are two of the founding members’ photos, Jon and Steve. The sketches were done by Steve, the band’s official cartoonist.
Back on January 13, I posted the cover art for the Silver Laughter advertising booklet. Upon opening that cover, here are the first two pages of that piece. I am pretty sure Jon and Kim’s dad, John, put this together…. Read More ›
“Take My Money” This is a Jon Ludtke song with the middle 8 added by us working together which is being re-posted for our new tune in factor. It was received really well as one of the encores we were… Read More ›
Though I have more, I am posting four of them here from our induction concert on August 31, 2014.
The other day a thought occurred to me; a “what we should have said” moment, if you will. As I stated before in an earlier post, the only A&R man we were successful in actually being able to talk to… Read More ›
Carl sent this scan of the press release our manager, Art Stenstrom, did for our second album, “Sailing On Fantasies”. The only problem is that the word in the first paragraph should be “released” not “release”!
Taken from various venues we played, Carl shot these pictures of us either onstage or during one of our breaks.
Carl sent a bunch of flyers from various venues Silver Laughter played. This one is from the Blue Moon Ballroom in Marshall, MN. The date was in February of 1978. As a side note, I believe this is the first… Read More ›