As it turns out, today is the birthday of Silver Laughter’s founding member, Jon Ludtke. I jumped the gun a few weeks ago, much to my embarrassment. What kind of friend is that? So to celebrate here are two photos… Read More ›
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Random Photo of Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton 1978
I say 1978 because I think it was late in my days with Silver Laughter that I decided to try having a perm in my hair, though I guess it could have been 1977. I thought it was a good… Read More ›
Promo Picture of Silver Laughter From Around 1974
As Jon said somewhere on this site in his comments, the band was four piece, then five, then four, then… Well, you get the idea. This is either before or after John Carstensen was in the band. I am guessing… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Newsletter from May 1977 – Page 1
I need to break these up by pages which will not only give me more material to post, but make it easier to comment. This front page of the May 3 newsletter has all the ramblings of the four Silver… Read More ›
Centennial Ballroom, Fairbault, MN – Another Silver Laughter Venue
Carl sent this flyer/schedule from the Centennial Ballroom where we played back in 1977. As you can see some bigger named acts also played there like Tommy James and The Trashmen (Surfin’ Bird). Fairbault, MN was the home of this… Read More ›
Entertainment Services Concept – Management Company of Silver Laughter
I think big (long) business names were the thing during the early ’70’s. Art “Smart” certainly didn’t skimp on ink when he decided to name his company Entertainment Services Concept. It was based in Des Moines, IA. We met Mr…. Read More ›
Silver Laughter Promotional Picture
Here is a promotional picture of Silver Laughter when they were a five piece band. From left to right are Steve Elliott, Kim Ludtke, Jon Ludtke, Denny Walton and John Carstensen. It looks like it was taken outside the Ludtke’s… Read More ›
Old Silver Laughter Song List
During the early days when the band’s lineup was Jon Ludtke, Kim Ludtke, Steve Elliott, John Carstensen and Denny Walton, Silver Laughter had quite a varied song list. Looking at this old document, you can see they did everything from… Read More ›
Sadly, Silver Laughter Loses a Friend From New Ulm, MN
One of our dear friends whom we met at the Kaiserhoff in New Ulm, MN passed away on February 10 from cancer at home in Elkhart, IN. Denise Dawson was a great friend of the band for a long time… Read More ›
Four More Silver Laughter Performance Photos
The first three of these four pictures look like they were taken in the same venue… wherever that was!