Editor, Back in the 1970’s our band, Silver Laughter, played rooms such as Earl’s Club as well as the Pomp Room in Sioux Falls. We were fortunate enough to record two albums of all original material as well as successfully… Read More ›
Kim Ludtke
Another “Outtake” From The 1976 Silver Laughter Photo Session in Worthington, MN
Here is one of the last photos taken of Kim Ludtke before the switch over with Paul Staack was completed. Apparently Kim joined us for his last Worthington performance. Here he is in a cornfield close to the action where… Read More ›
What Songs Will Silver Laughter Perform At The IRRMA Induction?
There has been some speculation as to what songs we will be performing at the Iowa R&R Hall of Fame Induction on August 31, 2014. Sorry, it is going to have to be a surprise. However, I do believe we… Read More ›
“Take My Money” – A Silver Laughter Original – Live
Click here to listen to “Take My Money” performed live from our set at the Tradewinds in Calgary, Alberta, Canada back on July 29, 1977. It was one of our encores after finishing the Beatles Tribute that evening. Jon had… Read More ›
Silver Laughter 1977
Here is a quick post as I come in from the golf course today… I wasn’t playing, at least not this afternoon. I was working. I played early this morning. The photo session had to be somewhat brief as there… Read More ›
1976 “Handle With Care” Photo Session
This picture was one of many we took which included our sound and light man at the time, Carl Frisch. Carl was with the band for years before I joined. One photo out of this set made it onto the… Read More ›
Time to Review – A Silver Laughter Live Original Song!
Click here to listen to “Angela”. Note there is a bit of dead air at the end of the clip. I was new to my music editing software and did not realize it created a fixed length to new tracks… Read More ›
Marin California Newspaper Releases Press Release – Silver Laughter IRRMA Induction
A press release was submitted to the local Marin County newspaper, The Marin Independent Journal, about the IRRMA induction. They used a portion of it to tie the story to local news. Read the entire article here. Mick Orton
Lead Sheets from Silver Laughter’s “Rock & Roll Game”
Here are the lead sheets for our song, “Rock & Roll Game” which Ken wrote for the “Sailing on Fantasies” album. As you can see it was published by Love Street which was Art’s endeavor. This was one of the… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Photos from October 29, 1978 in Rock Island
Okay, I couldn’t resist. After posting a bunch of stuff already today, I went into the third set of photos and just could not stop laughing. Judging from these outtakes, we were having a GREAT time. In later posts you… Read More ›