Updated 1/15/14 – I just Googled “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! Headline: “Local talent among nominees to Iowa Rock ‘n… Read More ›
Quad Cities
Sioux City Journal Announces Silver Laughter’s Induction to IRRMA
Note: Kim sent me the link to this article which was in the Sioux City Journal about the upcoming IRRMA induction: “ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa | A Sioux City band, music venue and three residents will be among the inductees at… Read More ›
Robert Parker, The Man Behind The Strings and Horns for Silver Laughter’s “Sailing on Fantasies”
Today I shot an e-mail to Robert “Bob” Parker to ask for some background to put up on this site. After all, it was his work that got the strings and horn parts on some of the Silver Laughter cuts… Read More ›
A Sign of the Times?
I was looking at the IRRMA Facebook page today. When you click on the photos, you get an image of The Mob’s 8 track tape of their album which looks like it was home-made on a Radio Shack cartridge. Silver… Read More ›
We Did It! Just Announced – Silver Laughter Inducted to IRRMA for 2014!
Well, folks. Thanks to the hard work of a lot of people (much of the credit goes to Kim and Jon Ludtke) including some great nominations from some of our fans, we finally made it into the Iowa Rock and… Read More ›
Change In Silver Laughter’s Header
Updated 1/14/2014 – I wanted to explain the reason for a change in the Silver Laughter header picture. As I have said before, there were only 4 of us on stage at any one time after I joined the band…. Read More ›
When I’m 64… TODAY!
“When I’m Sixty Four” This is a big clip, so let the whole thing download before you press “play”. In this song, Jon is singing lead with Ken on bass and me on electric piano. Back when Silver Laughter did… Read More ›
All We Want For Christmas…
Merry Christmas! And thanks to everyone who has been spending time on our site learning about our band, Silver Laughter. I think I can speak for most of the group by saying that all we want for this Christmas is… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mark Zaputil
I didn’t really get to know him very well, but he is a part of the Silver Laughter history. Mark Zaputil was the lead guitarist of our four piece band when I joined them. Mark seemed to be a really… Read More ›
Pretty Girl??
Silver Laughter was booked at a ballroom, I don’t remember where, but it was a nice big venue with a fair stage. I remember looking for the best spot to run the light cables and the sound snake as the… Read More ›