When it comes to fortune cookies one has to take it with a grain of salt (or maybe soy sauce). However, since February I have been getting interesting tidbits from my local Jennie Low’s Chinese Restaurant! Now to be sure,… Read More ›
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MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“If I Fell” – “I Should Have Known Better” In our Beatles Tribute #2 (this one recorded at the Ranch and Co. in Port Byron) we left “A Hard Day’s Night” and went right into “If I Fell” followed by… 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 ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Something” We did very few George Harrison songs in our Beatles Tribute, but this one had to be included since it was one of the most popular tunes off the “Abbey Road” album. I think we do a bang up… 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 ›
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 ›