Jon Ludtke
Quick Thought About Our Road Trips
After spending countless hours in the same van with the same four guys driving from job to job (Carl usually slept), we got pretty familiar with the stories we would tell each other. So much so that we talked about… Read More ›
Really Early History – Mick Orton
Note: Corrections below are in bold with the date they were entered in [brackets]. I remember well sitting in my last period study hall at Williams Jr. High school in 9th grade. The girl next to me was reading a… Read More ›
More History from “Handle With Care”
As we were heading into the studio to record “Handle With Care”, Kim announced that he was leaving the group to go back to school. So we scrambled to find a replacement drummer. When I left Tabernash in Colorado, the… Read More ›
Some Thoughts About “Handle With Care” and Band History
For some reason, our first album “Handle With Care” actually sold better than our second album, “Sailing on Fantasies” to the club crowds we played for. Looking back, I can kind of understand that because we were booked, at least… Read More ›
Some Thoughts About “Sing Me Your Love Songs”
Jon and I were always trying to make our Silver Laughter songs as meaningful as possible. Some of the newer songs of various artists seem to not know what a rhyme is. Our efforts were to make lyrics as well… Read More ›
Art was SMART!
I wanted to take a minute to give a shout out to our manager, Art “Smart” Stenstrom. As I go through the Silver Laughter archives, I am amazed at how much promo stuff we had for a road band in… Read More ›