Jon Ludtke
From the Silver Laughter Booking Calendar for March, 1978
March of 1978 was another busy month for the band. After 5 days off (3 at the end of February and 2 to start off March) we did a one nighter at the Two Brother’s Club, then packed up and… Read More ›
In the Studio for Sailing on Fantasies
We started recording Sailing on Fantasies in 1977 (I think). I am going to talk to Jon to see if he can help me with this. He has a great memory. But here are some photos from our sessions at… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Travel Schedule for 1978 – January – We were busy boys!
Updates 5/12/13 in bold italics – I found my booking calendar for 1978, our last year together. (Actually we stayed together until late in 1979.) As I look through the names of the bars and nightclubs, I wonder how many… Read More ›
Hello world from Silver Laughter and The Silvers!
More and more, Silver Laughter music has been popping up in the search engines with information about our band who recorded two albums in the late 70’s. Handle With Care was released in 1976 with Kim Ludtke as our drummer… Read More ›
GloryDazeMusic posts an article on Silver Laughter’s Sailing on Fantasies
Here is the first article that started the recent interest in Silver Laughter’s music. http://www.glorydazemusic.com/articles.php?article_id=4407
POP Geek Heaven has a Silver Laughter article plus a couple of cuts from our albums
Eric Abrahamsen has been a staunch supporter of our music even before we started communicating. My daughter (Angela!) found his first article on Glory Daze Music, but when I contacted him about some inaccuracies in his piece, he said he… Read More ›
From the Silver Laughter Booking Calendar – February 1978
February was a little quieter. Remember, we were almost constantly on the road playing music. You would think there would be no time to spend the money we made. However, I recall periods like these with a lot of days… Read More ›
Silver Laughter pushes for Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Silver Laughter’s home base was in Davenport, Iowa. We toured the Midwest for several years and put out two albums and countless singles. Radio stations in various markets played our music. Why have we been ignored by the Iowa Rock… Read More ›
Ken Wiles joins Silver Laughter and makes us better!
During this period, some club owners had a matching outfit requirement of all their bands. We decided on this look as being one of the better “cop-outs” to the corporate establishment! Mark Zaputil was with us when this picture was… Read More ›