I have been posting on this site for about 9 months, sometimes posting several times a day, and I am running out of memories. What I would like to propose is this. I want to reward anyone who: Asks questions… Read More ›
original music
The Boys Can Still Play – Island Fever Sample
“She’s Looking To The Future Clip” Several years ago, Ken and I jammed with my sister, Marjie, in her converted garage in Fairfax, CA. She has a nice little studio set up, and we used to go over regularly (until… Read More ›
Some Dark Days after the Silver Laughter Breakup
I have been giving some thought to the days after the Silver Laughter breakup; the Double Shot days and the subsequent move to California. Now while I am glad we ended up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I look… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Handle With Care” – Lyrics to “Working Man”
Sung by Ken, this was our little jab at the work world we left behind. Much like Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing” or Bachmann Turner Overdrive’s “Taking Care of Business”, we chose to talk about how we took the easy… Read More ›
Should it Be The Silvers or The Lafters?
Friends, I took about a week off from posting as I have been working on some new material for this site; musical compositions that Ken and I wrote during our days shortly after the Silver Laughter breakup. My hope is… Read More ›
Short Supply of Silver Laughter 7″ Vinyl
Recently a few copies of the following Silver Laughter 45 RPM singles surfaced. If you are a serious collector of rare vinyl records, the following are available: Angela/No One Can Do it – Special promotional radio copy – $25 Don’t… Read More ›
More Thoughts On Silver Laughter’s “Turn It Down”
“Turn It Down” LIVE from Port Byron Jon and I spent a lot of time on the lyrics for the song, “Turn It Down”. We were big admirers of John Lennon’s way of turning a phrase and clever lyrics,… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Please Please Me” – “From Me To You” Medley Once we were committed to doing a Beatles Tribute, we constantly looked for fun and intelligent ways to meld the songs together. We also studied the instrument parts so they were… Read More ›
Out Of Gas… Cap? Or Silver Laughter Roadies In Trouble… Again!
I recall a day early on in my Silver Laughter days where I was given the cool job of driving the van with the trailer. I was given instructions to follow Carl Frisch, the other sound and light man, who… Read More ›
More On Silver Laughter’s Ken and Mick as Double Shot
(Note: Ken and I have been e-mailing back and forth about our experiences as a duo. I am going to post here what we started talking about in interview format. I hope you find it interesting. Many times I have… Read More ›