“Say The Words” Click on the link above to hear Jon Ludtke sing a Cold Stare hit. I found this and another one of their songs on YouTube this morning. Carl had sent me some information on the band in… Read More ›
Jon Ludtke
Another Hit from “Handle With Care” – “Grey, Cloudy Skies” by Silver Laughter
“Grey, Cloudy Skies” By clicking on the link above you can hear this tune from our first album. This is another song that came over with me from The Contents Are:. Jon and I didn’t really change much on this… Read More ›
When We Were Young – Silver Laughter Around 1975
The t-shirts were made for us by Jon and Kim’s dad, John. This was probably before Art got into the t-shirt making business! As you can see, Ken NEVER wore t-shirts. He was hung up on western shirts with the… Read More ›
From the Vault – Ken Wiles of Silver Laughter Sings “Don’t Want To Lose”
“Don’t Want To Lose” As the making of “Sailing On Fantasies” went on, the production and the songs got better and better. Click on the link above to hear Ken’s second contribution to the album written and sung by him…. Read More ›
Several Silver Laughter Song Lists
The first list is from the earlier days of Silver Laughter before I joined the band. To the best of my knowledge, we never did any Elton John, Steely Dan or Siegel Schwall Band tunes. However, there were many on… Read More ›
Performance Photos of Silver Laughter
Here are three photos featuring the band around 1977-78. They are not all from the same venue, but there are clues that they were taken around the same time, i.e. hair, mustaches, etc. The first one shows Paul who was… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – Meeting Our Fans One Table at a Time
Our Silver Laughter in-joke was that when we were famous, we could say we met all our fans one at a time. It was describing the way we worked the room, going from table to table to meet people who… Read More ›
Carl Frisch Comes Through Again – More Silver Laughter Photos and Memorabilia
Once again Carl has come to the rescue to help spice up the Silver Laughter website. Although I still have a few of the performance photos left from his first CD, a second one arrived in the mail today chock… Read More ›
One More Christmas Day Post from Silver Laughter
“Going To Be Mine” By clicking on the link above, you can hear the fourth track from our “Handle With Care” album. This song came over with me from The Contents Are:. It’s a real rocker that Jon and I… Read More ›
1965 Photo of a Band that Influenced Silver Laughter
The big band in the Quad Cities around the 1960’s was (and still is) The Night People. Besides Silver Laughter, they influenced what almost all of the bands in the area were playing. This photo I grabbed from the Internet… Read More ›