This is another of my favorite songs on “Sailing On Fantasies”. Jon came to our song-writing session with most of the tune in his notebook, and we quickly hammered out the rest of the lyrics and worked on the arrangement… Read More ›
Jon Ludtke
Silver Laughter 1974-75
This photo was “borrowed” from Steve Elliott’s Facebook page. Here’s what he says about it: “A picture from the vast gallery of Silver Laughter photos. A promo picture taken back when Kim only have [sic] one leg to drum with…. Read More ›
1975 Photo of Silver Laughter Onstage in… Don’t Know!
In the continuing stream of pictures sent to me by our old guitar player, Mark Zaputil, here is a great one of us onstage somewhere in 1975. He doesn’t remember where it was, and neither do I. It’s a little… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mark Zaputil Onstage
This photo had to be taken at my first job with Silver Laughter. As I recall, Hastings, NE was my initial performance. It was cold, I remember that! We had to put together several sets of cover songs to get… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Steve Elliott Unearths This Gem!
I love seeing all these old photos of the band. This is another one I lifted from Steve Elliott’s Facebook page. He also makes some funny comments to go with each photo. Here is what the lineup looked like when… Read More ›
Early Days With Silver Laughter – Ken Wiles
I am not sure how this photo came about, but it was in the Mark Zaputil collection. My guess is there was some overlap where both Ken Wiles and Mark were traveling with the band, though only one of them… Read More ›
More and More Photos of Silver Laughter 1974-75 are Showing Up
Thanks to Mark Zaputil and now Steve Elliott has gotten into the act by posting old band photos which are on his Facebook page! Here I have included two of Mark’s contributions here. One is of a sign from the… Read More ›
One More 1975 Silver Laughter Photo
There are more pictures yet to be posted, but I thought I would close out the evening with one of the guy who scanned and sent me these photos. Here is Mark Zaputil playing his red Gibson SG. I think… Read More ›
Another Silver Laughter Photo from 1975
Here is a photo Mark Zaputil sent me taken at another one of the early places where we were popular in 1975. Scotty’s Night Club was in Wayne, NE where Wayne State College is located, and we had a lot… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Photos from 1975
Starting today, I will be posting some of the photos that Mark Zaputil scanned for the site this week from the time we played together. This first one is of the two of us in Worthington, MN. It probably was… Read More ›