Another picture from the Worthington collection. I really like this one, and I am not sure why it was never used. During these sessions we would strike a pose then Art would shoot 4-5 frames. Another pose and another 4-5… Read More ›
Quad Cities
Lead Sheets from Silver Laughter’s “Rock & Roll Game”
Here are the lead sheets for our song, “Rock & Roll Game” which Ken wrote for the “Sailing on Fantasies” album. As you can see it was published by Love Street which was Art’s endeavor. This was one of the… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Photos from October 29, 1978 in Rock Island
Okay, I couldn’t resist. After posting a bunch of stuff already today, I went into the third set of photos and just could not stop laughing. Judging from these outtakes, we were having a GREAT time. In later posts you… Read More ›
VERY RARE Find – Art Discovers Silver Laughter Chord Charts from “Sailing on Fantasies”
Art “Smart” and I talked last week on the telephone, and I discovered he still had a bunch of negatives from the Silver Laughter band days. Fortunately for us he also found some other very rare stuff which I will… Read More ›
Silver Laughter at TJ’s In Davenport – 1974
This photo needed a lot of retouching so you can see from its condition that it must have been MUCH worse! Mark sent it along with the others I posed yesterday to see if I could work any magic on… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Photos from Sheldon, IA -1974
These three photos were apparently taken at roughly the same time during a job in Sheldon, IA. These pictures show the Silver Laughter lineup during the earliest days of being on the road. They are kind of fuzzy and faded,… Read More ›
Time to Revisit Silver Laughter’s Beatles Tribute
Art “Smart” (Gus) Stenstrom put together all the promotional material for our shows after he became our manager. While we were busy perfecting our music for the live performances, Art was busy working on the promo stuff. This page from… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Paul Staack and Mick Orton Play on The Contents Are: Original
“If You Follow Me” This was another one of my favorite Craig Hute songs. I found a live version of this one on those tapes of The Contents Are: live performances. But several months later a friend, Wade Calvert, sent… Read More ›
It’s Settled – Mick Orton Will Play a New Hofner for the Silver Laughter IRRMA Induction!
Okay, okay. More about me. The rest of the guys have been offered an opportunity to post here, but so far have declined. To be more truthful, they have not responded. Here is the invoice from my most recent purchase;… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Photographer – Gus Scamera
Here’s a bit of trivia from the Silver Laughter days. When Paul came over from The Contents Are: to Silver Laughter, he could not remember Art’s name. So for some reason he decided to call him Gus. We all got… Read More ›