Steve Elliott sent me this little advertisement from 1970 where Silver Laughter played the Teen Fair on the bill with a couple of other groups. I do not know what venue they used or how long each band played (I… Read More ›
Kim Ludtke
Live Photo of Silver Laughter Performing in Matherville
It’s funny that will all the performing we did when I was with Silver Laughter you would think there would be more photos from our live performances. However, most of our photos were from publicity photo sessions. This one came… Read More ›
Shapes of Things To Come? Silver Laughter and The Contents Are: Share a Stage!
I thought I would do another quick post this morning before I head off to take care of business. Talk about a blast from the past! As I have stated elsewhere, our two bands, The Contents Are: and Silver Laughter… Read More ›
A 1970 Silver Laughter Song List Emerges!
Wow! This was in the stuff Steve Elliott sent me late last week. It is a song list from 1970 when Silver Laughter featured Jon and Kim Ludtke, John Carstensen and Steve Elliott. I should note that, over time, many… Read More ›
CORRECTED: Silver Laughter in Late 1974
Here is a very rare photo of the band after one of its early personnel changes taken on the Ludtke farm (I think) in Davenport. Thanks to Steve Elliott for sending me this one. Featured on top of the structure… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – The Early Years!
I want to send out a huge thank you to Steve Elliott, one of the original Silver Laughter band members. We finally figured out how to get the photos to me using Dropbox. After seeing how big some of the… Read More ›
Correction to Silver Laughter History
Since I was not in the band from the beginning, I was a bit sketchy on the origin of Silver Laughter. The real story is the original band which featured Jon and Kim Ludtke, Steve Elliott, and John Carstensen was… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter “Bio” From 1977 Memorabilia
Here is a clip of one of the pages from our brochures which Art had made up for us. We used to place these on tables where we played. It is a brief history of the band and how we… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Studio Version of “Goin’ To Be Mine”
One of the songs that was brought over from The Contents Are: days was this tune called “Goin’ To Be Mine”. Originally written by me, Jon and I added a middle 8 to this Silver Laughter studio version which was… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Easter Present To You – “Whiskey Heaven” From “Handle With Care”
“Whiskey Heaven” In 1976 we released our first album, “Handle With Care”, which I have said was a compilation of songs Jon and I had written at various stages of our musical careers. Some were written for the album, and… Read More ›