Before we jump back to May of 1978, I got an interesting e-mail from a musician in Atlanta Georgia. Ricky is a bass player for the group, Radio Cult, and I have linked to their Facebook Page. He found us… Read More ›
Sailing On Fantasies
IRRMA Induction Program with Silver Laughter
The programs were $5 each, and people used them to get the inductees to sign them during the autograph session. I can’t tell you how many of these we signed, but suffice to say it was a lot! The index… Read More ›
IRRMA Induction Ceremony Features Silver Laughter
This is my first attempt at posting a movie to this site so we will see how it goes. Someone at the Iowa Rock and Roll Music Association put this short presentation together for the Silver Laughter induction into the… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton Plays for the IRRMA Hall of Fame Induction Concert
Jean Zaputil, Mark’s wife, took this photo of me onstage during the concert performance in the Roof Garden which was very well attended! I am proud of my new Hofner bass which stayed in tune like a champ. However, it… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Backstage at IRRMA R&R Hall of Fame Concert
Could there be a third album in our future? We have enough material to compile a great one! This photo was taken by Mark Zaputil’s wife, Jean, in a backstage moment as we got ready while listening to the heavy… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – The Iowa R&R Hall of Fame Coming Up!
Well, it’s not too far away now… about a week before we will be inducted into the Iowa R&R Hall of Fame for 2014. All of us have been practicing separately for this weekend’s full band rehearsal when the members… Read More ›
A 1977 Photo of Silver Laughter in Carroll, Iowa at The County Seat
I have been receiving updates from Garage Hangover which did a piece on The Contents Are:. I tried to get them to do one of Silver Laughter, but the site is dedicated to bands that were together in the ’60’s…. Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for February 1978
As I stated before, more and more information has come to light about places we played. Fortunately, the booking calendar I kept through 1978 survived, so when I posted these pages before, I had not found the newsletter or realized… Read More ›
Another 1978 Photo of Silver Laughter
As you can probably tell, I am running out of material. So I am back to posting outtakes from the photo sessions that I converted from Art’s negatives. This one is from the 1978 Des Moines set featuring all the… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for January 1978
Now that some time has gone by and several documents have been uncovered that weren’t available when I started this website, I have had a chance to put towns to some of the places on our booking Calendar. We started… Read More ›