Updated 12/20/13 – Looking back it is amusing how many “trends” we fell into… or maybe actually found. Ken was always the fashion “leader” in that he was the first to obsessively buy and wear western “cowboy” shirts. You know,… Read More ›
Mick Orton
Rooming with Silver Laughter’s Ken Wiles
I hope Ken will still speak to me after I post this, but, as Will Rogers said, “it ain’t bragging if you done it.” So my saying is, “It ain’t lying if it’s the truth!” Sharing a motel room with… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “Rock And Roll Game”
I absolutely love this song. It is one of Ken’s first original contributions to the Silver Laughter playlist, and especially appealing is the harmony guitar solo Ken did with himself in the break! Mick Orton
About Silver Laughter’s Influences – New Beatles Book
As I have said before in posts, there was not much we didn’t know about the Beatles, as long as it was in a book or movie or documentary. But this new book by their personal assistant, Freda Kelly, is… Read More ›
The Silver Laughter World Gets Smaller! Tom Kelley from TODD Beat Group Touches Base!
I absolutely LOVE the Internet. When it first started getting popular, I was in IT and saw the potential of being able to connect to other people so far away. But I had no idea that programs like Facebook would… Read More ›
Several Small World Incidents for Silver Laughter
It’s no secret I play a lot of golf. And now that I am retired, I am marshaling at a local course so I can play for free! Several years ago I was at McInnis Golf Course in San Rafael… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Site Approaches 15,000 Hits!
Updated 11/26/13 – When I started this website almost a year ago at the urging of Eric Abrahamsen who did the Silver Laughter album reviews for both GloryDaze Music and Pop Geek Heaven, I had no idea it would be… Read More ›
Art Finds An Old Silver Laughter Photo
Somehow I overlooked this previously unpublished photo of the band as I was cleaning out my inbox. Art “Smart” (our manager) sent this after I mailed him a copy of the live tapes I had transferred to CD from Port… Read More ›
What I Gave Up to Be A Silver Laughter!
Updated 11/23//13 – When I got the call from Jon Ludtke that he and his brother, Kim, were interested in having me replace Steve Elliott on the road with Silver Laughter, I had a hard decision to make. The Contents… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“She’s A Woman” – “Michelle” This is a fine version of the two Beatles songs, if I do say so myself. I think these were both in my range so I was able to sing them close to the original… Read More ›