During The Contents Are: days, the Vietnam War was going on. We were all opposed to it as was a lot of America, especially since the draft was being used, and we were of draft age. In the fall of… Read More ›
Mick Orton
More Silver Laughter Memorabilia – Side 2
Here is the second side of the four-fold promotional brochure Art did for us. Our job was to place these on every table in the house where we were playing. Mick Orton
More Silver Laughter Memorabilia – Side 1
Here is more of the promotional material that Art did for the band. These were four-fold brochures that we put out on tables in the clubs we played. This is side one of two. Mick Orton
“Turn Your Face Away” LIVE – from “Handle With Care”
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A Couple of Lame Jokes Silver Laughter Used for Live Performances
Okay, so we weren’t the funniest guys in the world, but we used to crack each other up quite often. In between songs we might banter a little on stage. Here are a couple of the “witty” remarks we used:… Read More ›
Just Found a Site that Mentions The Contents Are: and Silver Laughter!
Go to Chris Bishop’s site and take a look. the article is particularly about The Contents Are: where Paul Staack and I came from. Although I did not play on those records (Paul did), it’s nice that the Midwest groups… Read More ›
“Lover” LIVE – from “Sailing On Fantasies”
“Lover” Recorded live at The Ranch & Company we had to improvise the song that was arranged in the studio with strings. I can’t remember if I played guitar on stage (don’t think so) but did on the album. It… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – Mak Show
“Mak Show” was something the German audiences used to say to the Beatles to encourage them to become more animated on stage. When I joined the band, Jon, Kim, Mark and I used to either stand or sit (in the… Read More ›
The New York Trip
Updated 4/8/14: Another one of those “This is how I remember it” disclosures is required here. Once the “Sailing on Fantasies” record was pressed, Jon and I (with agreement from Ken and Paul) decided to take a trip to New… Read More ›
Silver Laughter and smoky nightclubs
This is only how I remember it, not necessarily how it really was. But here goes the story. Sometimes the smoke was so thick in the nightclubs we played we often would lose our voices… fortunately, not all on the… Read More ›