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 ›
Mark Zaputil
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Countdown To Silver Laughter’s IRRMA Hall of Fame Induction
Some of you may have noticed the new ticker on the side bar with a countdown to the induction weekend. The Iowa R&R Hall of Fame weekend begins on August 29th and goes through to Sunday. I will be flying… Read More ›
Some Thoughts About My Early Days With Silver Laughter
This morning the news was on television, and the song, “Mustang Sally” came on as a bumper to a story about the Ford Motor Company. It reminded me that, although I had never played it in any of the bands… Read More ›
IRRMA Posts Silver Laughter History for the Induction
The Iowa Rock and Roll Music Association posted the Silver Laughter biography online along with the rest of the 2014 inductees. It may be seen here. It takes readers through those early years all the way up to the breakup… Read More ›
Silver Laughter 2014
Here is another photo from Mark Zaputil’s Facebook page taken at his anniversary party in 2014! It could be enough to play again, although they are missing a bass player! Mick Orton
Silver Laughter Current News
This photo is from Mark Zaputil’s Facebook page. He and his wife, Jean, just celebrated another year together. Steve Elliott’s band, The Acoustic Project, played for the event, and Mark sat in on guitar… electric. Here’s what Mark says: “Jean… Read More ›
Not Sure About This Silver Laughter Photo
I know it’s a little blurry. It looks like it was scanned from a picture which was inside a frame, and the glare from the glass distorted it. Or maybe it was moved slightly during the scanning. Another confusing thing… Read More ›