Mark Zaputil found and scanned this 1975 flyer that was done to promote our job at the Cavern located in Rock Island, IL (not Moline as previously noted). Page 1 details all the members of the band. For some reason… Read More ›
Mike Orton
Time to Revisit Silver Laughter’s Beatles Tribute
Art “Smart” (Gus) Stenstrom put together all the promotional material for our shows after he became our manager. While we were busy perfecting our music for the live performances, Art was busy working on the promo stuff. This page from… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Paul Staack and Mick Orton Play on The Contents Are: Original
“If You Follow Me” This was another one of my favorite Craig Hute songs. I found a live version of this one on those tapes of The Contents Are: live performances. But several months later a friend, Wade Calvert, sent… Read More ›
A Thought About Silver Laughter Hair
All during The Contents Are: years, I cut my own hair. Not that I was an experienced barber. I just knew how I wanted it to look so I used my own scissors to make it so. Even early in… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Does The Beatles… Again
“Your Mother Should Know” – “Rocky Raccoon” – “You Never Give Me Your Money” Here is a medley from the Calgary Beatles Tribute with me on the little electric piano. I sing lead on the first two and end… Read More ›
Hearing Loss and Silver Laughter
I will speak for myself, but all those years of playing loud music has taken its toll on my hearing. Because I stood on the right side of the stage (from my perspective looking out at the audience) for most… Read More ›
It’s Settled – Mick Orton Will Play a New Hofner for the Silver Laughter IRRMA Induction!
Okay, okay. More about me. The rest of the guys have been offered an opportunity to post here, but so far have declined. To be more truthful, they have not responded. Here is the invoice from my most recent purchase;… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Photographer – Gus Scamera
Here’s a bit of trivia from the Silver Laughter days. When Paul came over from The Contents Are: to Silver Laughter, he could not remember Art’s name. So for some reason he decided to call him Gus. We all got… Read More ›
Silver Laughter in the Studio for “Handle With Care”
I don’t remember seeing this picture before, but it had to be taken during the recording of “Handle With Care” before Paul was in the band. The liner notes on the album cover say this studio work was done in… Read More ›
Jonee Jones Publishes History of Silver Laughter
[Updated 7/25/14 – This document was removed and placed on the IRRMA website] Jonee Jones, sister of Jon and Kim Ludtke, did a nice writeup about the history of the band and how the name came about. Take a look… Read More ›