“Getaway Woman” Jon Ludtke sings lead with Mick, Ken and Kim on backup vocals. Ken does an excellent guitar harmony duet with himself on this one! Updated 4/17/14: Kim Ludtke played drums on all of the selections from “Handle With… Read More ›
Mike Orton
How Could We Have Forgotten Glenn Stone?
Tonight I spent some time on the phone with a fellow whom I have yet to mention on this website. Near the end of our time together as Silver Laughter, we were going to replace sound and light man, Carl… Read More ›
One Half of Silver Laughter Plays on Marjie Orton’s “Coast Is Clear”
“They Say” – Sample I have written before about my sister and her musical ability. It was also mentioned that Ken and I played on her studio album “Coast Is Clear” under the band name Island Fever. For this reason,… Read More ›
MORE Lost Recordings of The Contents Are: Found
“Head Collect” STUDIO VERSION Since there were two members of The Contents Are: who joined Silver Laughter (and almost three if you count Dave), I thought it was important to show how the music and song writing evolved. While The… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Day Tripper – Nowhere Man – And Your Bird Can Sing” Medley When you do a tribute to the Beatles, it is important that you at least try and sound like them. “Day Tripper” was never released on an album… Read More ›
From the “Handle With Care” Album – “Look Again”
“Look Again” This song was written by Jon and me. and once again, we sang lead together. I think the verse was mine and the middle 8 was Jon’s. We both did lyrics, but Jon usually had a notebook full… Read More ›
