This photo needed a lot of retouching so you can see from its condition that it must have been MUCH worse! Mark sent it along with the others I posed yesterday to see if I could work any magic on… Read More ›
Kim Ludtke
Silver Laughter Photos from Sheldon, IA -1974
These three photos were apparently taken at roughly the same time during a job in Sheldon, IA. These pictures show the Silver Laughter lineup during the earliest days of being on the road. They are kind of fuzzy and faded,… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Plays the Cavern – 1975
Mark Zaputil found and scanned this 1975 flyer that was done to promote our job at the Cavern located in Rock Island, IL (not Moline as previously noted). Page 1 details all the members of the band. For some reason… Read More ›
Where is Silver Laughter’s Steve Elliott Now?
Jon’s sister, Jonee posted some photos from a performance of The Acoustic Project featuring Silver Laughter graduate, Steve Elliott at the Cool Beanz Coffeehouse. Steve was also instrumental (pun intended) in starting the band, Hi-Fi, with Kim Ludtke. I know… Read More ›
Time to Revisit Silver Laughter’s Beatles Tribute
Art “Smart” (Gus) Stenstrom put together all the promotional material for our shows after he became our manager. While we were busy perfecting our music for the live performances, Art was busy working on the promo stuff. This page from… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Does The Beatles… Again
“Your Mother Should Know” – “Rocky Raccoon” – “You Never Give Me Your Money” Here is a medley from the Calgary Beatles Tribute with me on the little electric piano. I sing lead on the first two and end… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Photographer – Gus Scamera
Here’s a bit of trivia from the Silver Laughter days. When Paul came over from The Contents Are: to Silver Laughter, he could not remember Art’s name. So for some reason he decided to call him Gus. We all got… Read More ›
A Late 1979 Silver Laughter Photo of Kim Ludtke’s BIG Drum Set
Around January of 1979, Kim Ludtke returned to Silver Laughter and bought this huge set of drums. He had sold his Rogers drums to pay for school tuition. Here he is playing the TAMA kit he bought in Minneapolis. That’s… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – The Myth of the Red Jump Suit
On my Facebook page there was some discussion of the second photo below. People were wondering if Jon was wearing a red jump suit. Another person suggested they might be pajamas. I am here to put those theories to rest…. Read More ›
Silver Laughter in the Studio for “Handle With Care”
I don’t remember seeing this picture before, but it had to be taken during the recording of “Handle With Care” before Paul was in the band. The liner notes on the album cover say this studio work was done in… Read More ›