Updated 1/14/2014 – I wanted to explain the reason for a change in the Silver Laughter header picture. As I have said before, there were only 4 of us on stage at any one time after I joined the band…. Read More ›
Ken Wiles
When I’m 64… TODAY!
“When I’m Sixty Four” This is a big clip, so let the whole thing download before you press “play”. In this song, Jon is singing lead with Ken on bass and me on electric piano. Back when Silver Laughter did… Read More ›
All We Want For Christmas…
Merry Christmas! And thanks to everyone who has been spending time on our site learning about our band, Silver Laughter. I think I can speak for most of the group by saying that all we want for this Christmas is… Read More ›
Pretty Girl??
Silver Laughter was booked at a ballroom, I don’t remember where, but it was a nice big venue with a fair stage. I remember looking for the best spot to run the light cables and the sound snake as the… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Fashion Trends
Updated 12/20/13 – Looking back it is amusing how many “trends” we fell into… or maybe actually found. Ken was always the fashion “leader” in that he was the first to obsessively buy and wear western “cowboy” shirts. You know,… Read More ›
Rooming with Silver Laughter’s Ken Wiles
I hope Ken will still speak to me after I post this, but, as Will Rogers said, “it ain’t bragging if you done it.” So my saying is, “It ain’t lying if it’s the truth!” Sharing a motel room with… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “Rock And Roll Game”
I absolutely love this song. It is one of Ken’s first original contributions to the Silver Laughter playlist, and especially appealing is the harmony guitar solo Ken did with himself in the break! Mick Orton
About Silver Laughter’s Influences – New Beatles Book
As I have said before in posts, there was not much we didn’t know about the Beatles, as long as it was in a book or movie or documentary. But this new book by their personal assistant, Freda Kelly, is… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Site Approaches 15,000 Hits!
Updated 11/26/13 – When I started this website almost a year ago at the urging of Eric Abrahamsen who did the Silver Laughter album reviews for both GloryDaze Music and Pop Geek Heaven, I had no idea it would be… Read More ›
Art Finds An Old Silver Laughter Photo
Somehow I overlooked this previously unpublished photo of the band as I was cleaning out my inbox. Art “Smart” (our manager) sent this after I mailed him a copy of the live tapes I had transferred to CD from Port… Read More ›