“Dear Prudence” One of the things I liked about our Beatles tribute was that we tackled songs even the Beatles never dared do on stage live. These days Paul McCartney does some of them, but with a group of musicians… Read More ›
Mike Orton
Half of Silver Laughter – Mick and Paul play on The Contents Are: LIVE Original “All Around”
“All Around” I love posting our music on this site. It gives people a chance to hear what we were doing back in the early to late 70’s. This song was written by me when I was with The Contents… Read More ›
From the “Handle With Care” Album – “Any Words You Can Say”
“Any Words You Can Say” Not much I can say about this opening track from our first album except I still like it a lot. It was a departure from the Beatles type music we had been doing, and it… Read More ›
Some Photos of the Ortons – Mick and Marjie
Ken was in this jam session too, but I am not sure why he didn’t end up in one of the photos. In fact, I don’t know who took these. Snapped in Marjie’s music room, which is her converted garage… Read More ›
Thank You – Everyone Who Has Visited The Site
To date, we have had 6.730 visitors to the site so far. I wanted to thank everyone from every country who has dropped by to visit and spent some time with us. It is very gratifying to have so many… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Tries To Do Nashville
Art “Smart” tried everything to promote us. Jon’s uncle, Bobby Fischer, is a country star in Nashville. I don’t remember this, but Jon and Art thought we should try to promote “Whiskey Heaven” from the “Handle With Care” album as… Read More ›
BMI Royalties Statement for “Turn It Down”
Apparently the song got 85 plays during that quarter of 1978. We received a whopping check for $2.55! Mick Orton
Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton Meets Gregg Allman
I met Gregg Allman about 20 years ago when we played in Mill Valley. Our trio, Ed Bergquist on guitar, Dave Dewey on drums and me on bass were playing in the lounge at Strawberry Joe’s when I got to… Read More ›