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 ›
Quad Cities
Kim Ludtke Talks About Silver Laughter and Early Transportation
Kim wrote the following to me in an e-mail and gave me permission to post it. As Kim’s story says, it should be noted that this was a particularly dark time for Detroit car makers as both my Chevrolet Vega… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Kim Ludtke Gives Some History of the Band
Note: Kim and I were talking by e-mail about the Iowa R&R Hall of Fame, and he gave me some history of Silver Laughter of which I was totally unaware. Here is what he sent me. – Mick Orton Silver… 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 ›
Silver Laughter – “Handle With Care” – Lyrics to “Turn Your Face Away”
It’s not clear to me whether this song was ever performed by Silver Laughter before I joined, but if it was, then Jon and I added the bridge “so you said goodbye…” (which Ken sings) to the otherwise finished song…. Read More ›
Silver Laughter Takes a Trip to Banff
One of our Silver Laughter followers writes a blog called “Bite Size Canada” and publishes little bits and pieces about Canada’s history. Today’s post reminded me of a day off we had in 1977 between the two weeks we were… Read More ›
Before Silver Laughter – The Contents Are: Photos!
In my continuing effort to share some musical history of the band, Silver Laughter, it has to be mentioned that there are roots in The Contents Are:. During The Contents Are:’s time in Colorado, the band toyed with changing the… Read More ›