I am not sure how this photo came about, but it was in the Mark Zaputil collection. My guess is there was some overlap where both Ken Wiles and Mark were traveling with the band, though only one of them… Read More ›
original music
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “Dreams Still Live On”
This was a very short song that leads into “Sunny Day” on the “Sailing On Fantasies” album. The guitar work is Jon and Ken playing two guitar parts together to imitate the same effect the Beatles used on “Dear Prudence”…. Read More ›
One of the Places Silver Laughter Played – The Kaiserhoff in New Ulm, MN
While talking to my good friend, Denise, who is from New Ulm, she found this photo of a place Silver Laughter used to play which is on the Kaiserhoff website. According to her they stopped having bands shortly after Silver… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – Union Musicians
In order to play on the road, the members of Silver Laughter had to belong to a union. I think it was Jon or Kim who found a musicians local in Muscatine, IA just down the Mississippi River from Davenport…. Read More ›
Quad City Times Recognizes Silver Laughter’s IRRMA Induction for 2014!
Our friend, Lily, sent this to me today from the Quad City Times website. In case you aren’t aware, Davenport is part of the Quad Cities which includes Davenport, Rock Island, Moline and East Moline. Bettendorf should actually be in… Read More ›
KICD AM And Several Other Iowa Radio Stations Post News of Silver Laughter’s Induction into IRRMA Hall of Fame
Just found an article from January 3 on the KICD website. Title: Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Music Association Announces Hall of Fame Class Arnolds Park (IRRMA)–The Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Music Association is proud to announce the distinguished 2014 Hall of… Read More ›
WQAD in the Quad Cities Recognizes Silver Laughter as IRRMA Inductees
Updated 1/16/14 – This is a correction to the January 10th post I did about: “Silver Laughter” and “Hall of Fame” and found another article about us being inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Excellent news!… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “The Showdown”
As I have said before, in the beginning I think Jon meant the showdown to be between two lovers. But it ended up as a gunfight at the OK Corral! We had the synthesizer do the wind at the end… Read More ›
Former TODD Beat Group Member, Thomas Kelley, Found an Original Sheet of Silver Laughter’s “Don’t Feel Bad” Lyrics!
Tom Kelley and I have been communicating quite a bit lately. Seems he dug into his archives from the TODD Beat Group days and found the original lyrics to “Don’t Feel Bad” which he posted on his Facebook page. I… Read More ›
Radio Iowa Recognized IRRMA’s Announcement for the 2014 Hall of Fame Inductees
Headline: “Inductees named for Iowa Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame” “The 2014 inductees into the Iowa Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame have been announced while the induction ceremony is scheduled for Labor Day weekend in northwest Iowa. “Jenna Hardy Pedersen, executive director of… Read More ›