Exploring our musical roots is part of the Silver Laughter heritage as well as what we have done musically after the breakup. This selection was featured in a four song demo The Contents Are: did at Columbia Studios in Chicago… Read More ›
Mike Orton
Silver Laughter Photo from 1977
This photo is from that unknown venue which I have spoken about before. Did I say the cutouts for the “Sailing on Fantasies” cover came from this session? Yes, already said that. About the only comment I have about this… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Plays “Yesterday” Live
Here is yet another Beatles song from our tribute which was performed in June of 1978 at The Ranch & Co. in Port Byron, IL. We were recorded over two nights, and the audience response this particular evening is so… Read More ›
More Silver Laughter Cover Songs
“The Boys Are Back In Town” Back at the end of January of 2013, I had run out of live cuts of our original songs and began to post cover tunes from the Port Byron recordings of June 1978. Since… Read More ›
A Revisit of Silver Laughter Original “Look Again”
“Look Again” I had almost forgotten about this song from our first album, “Handle With Care” when one day our old manager, Art Stenstrom, called me and said he thought that song was great but didn’t remember it from the… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s “Hand In Hand”
Since I have been bringing older music posts to the front, I did not want to leave out this studio version of “Hand In Hand” from our “Sailing on Fantasies album which was written and sung by our drummer, Paul… Read More ›
Silver Laughter and The Beatles
Even the Beatles recorded other people’s material! So here is a selection from our Beatles Tribute in Calgary, Alberta in July of 1977, “Here There and Everywhere”. I am singing lead with the boys doing the backup vocals! Other than… Read More ›
Just Another Silver Laughter Photo from 1977
Once again, I am not sure where this photo set was taken though I did speculate that it was before a job in the venue we were playing. I do not recognize the place. The only real clue I have… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Photo from 1976
Here is another in the series of photos taken shortly after Paul joined the band. As I review the pictures it appears these were done over two days since there are clothing changes. We never used this one, but it… Read More ›