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 ›
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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 ›
A Blast From The Past – Silver Laughter’s Carl Frish Checks In!!!
Tonight I was rehearsing our set for the IRRMA Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction concert, and when I finished, I looked at my e-mail. In my inbox was a note from our sound and light man, Carl Frisch…. Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton LOVES His Hofner Bass
I wanted to do a shout out to Hofner about the quality of their latest line of “economy” violin basses. The one I have stays in tune beautifully even after days of rehearsing… which I have been doing frantically since… Read More ›
Silver Laughter and Sound and Light Man, Carl Frisch
As I have mentioned before in my postings, Carl Frisch was a big part of our band because, not only did he do sound and lights for our live performances, but he also was head cook! So when we did… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s “Sunny Day” From “Sailing On Fantasies”
“Sunny Day” This concludes the re-posting of all the songs from both albums. Sometimes there is magic in the studio; like there is fairy in the mixing board. You can hear it in this song when Jon sings the line,… Read More ›
“Dreams Still Live On” from “Sailing On Fantasies” By Silver Laughter
“Dreams Still Live On” This is a short segue songs into “Sunny Day”. As I mentioned before in another post, we were emulating the “Dear Prudence” guitar by having two guitars create the finger picking style used in that song…. Read More ›
One More Time With “Whiskey Heaven” From “Handle With Care” By Silver Laughter
“Whiskey Heaven” Everyone got to get into the act on this one. Besides Silver Laughter members, Jon, Kim, Ken and Mick laying down the basic tracks, founding member, Steve Elliott, sat in on steel guitar and future member Paul Staack… Read More ›
“The Showdown” From Silver Laughter’s “Sailing On Fantasies”
“The Showdown” I have written much about how this love song turned into a wild west gun battle! Jon sings lead. Musicians on the cut featured Jon on guitar, Ken on lead fills and solo, Paul on drums and me… Read More ›