Here is a photo I found in my “stash” that shows Silver Laughter drummer, Paul Staack, just waking up from a nap. It looks like it was taken in our band hang out that Cheever’s provided for us in Worthington,… Read More ›
Jon Ludtke
Donavon’s Reef and Redwood Falls, MN – One of Silver Laughter’s Regular Haunts
After reading the article from the Redwood Falls paper, I realized there was very little in it about us or the club we played. If memory serves, Donavon’s Reef was a nightclub and bar in the Redwood Falls Best Western… Read More ›
Redwood Falls Newspaper Editor Writes About Silver Laughter and Memories of the Late 70’s
Read the article here. “A few days ago I got an e-mail from Mick Orton whose message requested I print a letter he included talking about his band Silver Laughter. You are able to read that letter below. At first I was a… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Couldn’t I Just Tell You” As I have said before, Todd Rundgren was and still is one of Ken’s favorite musicians. Therefore, we did several of his tunes in our show. Here is Jon singing lead with Ken, Paul… Read More ›
The Things We Roadies Did for Silver Laughter!
Note: Glenn Stone was our sound and light man who trained with Carl Frisch near the end of our band days. This was the period when we were trying to change our image away from the “Beatles Band” and develop… Read More ›
Paul Staack – Silver Laughter’s Salesman!
Paul Staack sells Silver Laughter T-Shirts and Albums I heard from Paul Staack this weekend via e-mail. Here’s what he asked me: “I think I used to kind of be in charge of selling the T-shirts and recorded material. Is… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Kim Ludtke Leaves His Mark
“Tequila Sunrise” When Kim left the group during the recording of “Handle With Care”, we had been performing a lot of Eagles tunes on stage. Kim was a big fan of theirs, and so we incorporated many of the Eagles… Read More ›
Clarification about the Silver Laughter Header
The header for the Silver Laughter website is a composite of all the band members from when I joined until the band broke up in 1979. There were always only four of us on stage at any one time! Phase… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Hold Me Tight” It was amazing to us that very few of the Beatles cover bands chose to do this song. Jon and I thought it was one of the best on the album. On the American album, “I Want… Read More ›