Sometimes I remember a place by the movies we saw during our stay in those cities. Often we were not up during the day after playing late into the night and then spending time with the club owner drinking and… Read More ›
Mick Orton
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “I Can’t Believe In You”
This song was sort of a take off on the Beatles “Run For Your Life” from “Rubber Soul”. During the recording of the cut, I guess we must have thought the vocal was a little too sweet to be a… Read More ›
Here’s My Story on Discovering the Beatles – Ken Wiles of Silver Laughter
(Note: Ken contacted me today to ask if he could post a story about himself and tell you how he became interested in music. So here is his memory of the first Beatles sighting. We hope there will be more… Read More ›
Random Memories from Mick Orton of Silver Laughter
My guess it was around 1961 or ’62 that everyone in my 6th grade class at Wilson Elementary started listening to the transistor radio and the local radio station. Back then we didn’t have different music charts like they do… Read More ›
Repeat Memorabilia – Silver Laughter Brochure
A lot of towns we played didn’t make this list. These listed here were mostly repeat performances in most cases. We often would play a place two or three times in a year depending on how Art booked us. He… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Love Me Do” This was from Beatles Tribute #2 from Port Byron, IL at The Ranch and Company night club. I know because this song transitions into “P.S. I Love You”. Set #1 went into “Please Please Me”. That’s Ken… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Jon Ludtke and His Paisley Bell Bottoms!
Looking back, Jon was very brave considering where we were going to high school in 1968; Davenport, Iowa. There were three groups; the rockers, the geeks (or brains) and the jocks. Me, I was just trying to survive by hiding… Read More ›
Another NEW Find! SILVER LAUGHTER’S Paul Staack and Mick Orton Play on The Contents Are: Originals!
“If You Follow Me” This is another cut from the “Lost” Pekin tapes from The Contents Are:. Paul and I have always played well as a team in both bands (as did Kim and I in Silver Laughter), and this… Read More ›
From the “Sailng On Fantasies” Album – “Lover”
“Lover” This song got most of the radio airplay during the Silver Laughter days. Weeks after all the studio tracks were finished, Bob Parker, one of Art’s old buddies from his band days, took the tape to Des Moines and… Read More ›
Repeat Memorabilia – Silver Laughter Brochure
The next two pages of the Silver Laughter brochure were song lists of the two Beatles sets we did along with the years the songs were released. This page talks about Silver Laughter’s two albums of original material. Mick Orton