Carl didn’t tell me where these photos were taken, but he did send a lot of live performance photos from around 1976. His comment was, “If I had to guess, most of these performance pictures were taken at the Red… Read More ›
Mick Orton
Custom Silver Laughter T-shirts
I believe Jon’s dad, John Ludtke, is the one who had these t-shirts made up for us. Later on Art got in on the action, but these were not his creations. The first shows us from the back. That’s Jonny… Read More ›
Donavon’s in Redwood Falls – Another Popular Silver Laughter Haunt!
Carl sent me a couple of ads they did for us when we performed in Redwood Falls at Donavon’s. The first was while Kim was still in the band. I do not know what the second picture on that ad… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Live Performance Photos
Here is a photo that Carl sent me… of me… in a gymnasium somewhere. See the scoreboard above my head? Silver Laughter 4, crowd 1000! Mick Orton
More Silver Laughter Ads
Here is another Carl Contribution, an advertisement for a job we were playing at The Red Bull in Norfolk, NE, probably in 1976 just after Paul had joined the band. As I have said before this was one of our… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Gear – Insurance Photos – Part 3
Here is the last of the equipment photos from Carl’s collection. Some of them I do not recognize so they may have been taken when Denny and Steve were still in the group. For example, I do not recall any… Read More ›
Look for The Silvers – Coming Soon!
Back on October 10, we announced a new direction for myself with a lot of help from new friend, Ricky Zero, in Atlanta and old pal (well, not really THAT old), “Long” Tom “Silver” Kelley, in Wisconsin. Our decision was… Read More ›
Jon and Mick of Silver Laughter with Friend
Carl and I have no idea who the other person in this photo is or where it was taken. Could it be Sonny Bono? Anyone have an idea who this is? It looks like it was in my early days… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Jon and Mick Horsing Around
Taking a break from the equipment photos (of which there are many more) it seemed like a good idea to throw in some other pictures. I have no idea where this photo was taken, but here are Jon and I… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Gear – Insurance Photos – Part 2
Here is another batch of equipment photos taken by Carl for insurance purposes. These will probably only be interesting to the real equipment nerds in our audience, but they are part of the Silver Laughter experience, so I thought I… Read More ›