Note: After talking with the lads at rehearsal today, it seems I have a lot of this story wrong… After 35 years or so, who would be surprised? Updated 8/27/14 at 7:13 PM Yesterday after rehearsal I passed by the… Read More ›
Kim Ludtke
Silver Memories With Lots of Laughter
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 ›
Quick Post Before Heading off to Silver Laughter Rehearsal
Good morning Davenport! Yesterday started out with thundershowers, but today the sun is out. It would be great golfing weather except that I would have to get up too early in order to fit in a rehearsal which starts at… Read More ›
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 January 1978
Now that some time has gone by and several documents have been uncovered that weren’t available when I started this website, I have had a chance to put towns to some of the places on our booking Calendar. We started… Read More ›
A Blast From The Past – Silver Laughter’s Carl Frish Checks In!!!
Tonight I was rehearsing our set for the IRRMA Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction concert, and when I finished, I looked at my e-mail. In my inbox was a note from our sound and light man, Carl Frisch…. Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton LOVES His Hofner Bass
I wanted to do a shout out to Hofner about the quality of their latest line of “economy” violin basses. The one I have stays in tune beautifully even after days of rehearsing… which I have been doing frantically since… Read More ›
Silver Laughter and Sound and Light Man, Carl Frisch
As I have mentioned before in my postings, Carl Frisch was a big part of our band because, not only did he do sound and lights for our live performances, but he also was head cook! So when we did… Read More ›