This morning I did a little “sight seeing” before heading to rehearsal. One of the first places I saw after leaving my suite off of I80 was the old Ludtke homestead. Someone else owns it now and it looks very… Read More ›
Ken Wiles
Silver Laughter Invades the Quad Cities
Well, folks. The band is back together… most of it anyway. Though Ken Wiles, Steve Elliott and John Carstensen are not playing, Jon, Kim, Paul, Mark and I got together this morning to run though our set. While it went… Read More ›
1976 Photo of Silver Laughter
It was October of 1976 when Art took this photo of the band in Worthington, MN shortly after Paul had joined the band. Kim and the band had finished up recording his drum parts for “Handle With Care” and Art… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – The Iowa R&R Hall of Fame Coming Up!
Well, it’s not too far away now… about a week before we will be inducted into the Iowa R&R Hall of Fame for 2014. All of us have been practicing separately for this weekend’s full band rehearsal when the members… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for April 1978
Okay, where was I? Oh, yes, we started the month by finishing up a week at the Kongo Club in Mitchell, SD on Saturday the 1st, then took two days off before starting a week at the Viking Bar… where… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for March 1978
So we had the last three days off at the end of February and the first two of March before hitting it hard! We did a one-night job at The Two Brother’s Club in Rock Rapids, Iowa, then another one… Read More ›
1978 Photo of Silver Laughter
This photo is from the session we did with Art in Des Moines around October of 1978. It’s similar to several other poses, but this time Jon was out front. Mick Orton
A 1977 Photo of Silver Laughter in Carroll, Iowa at The County Seat
I have been receiving updates from Garage Hangover which did a piece on The Contents Are:. I tried to get them to do one of Silver Laughter, but the site is dedicated to bands that were together in the ’60’s…. Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for February 1978
As I stated before, more and more information has come to light about places we played. Fortunately, the booking calendar I kept through 1978 survived, so when I posted these pages before, I had not found the newsletter or realized… Read More ›
Another 1978 Photo of Silver Laughter
As you can probably tell, I am running out of material. So I am back to posting outtakes from the photo sessions that I converted from Art’s negatives. This one is from the 1978 Des Moines set featuring all the… Read More ›