Yesterday I received almost a MILLION negatives of past publicity photo sessions from Silver Laughter’s manager, Art Stenstrom (aka Art Smart and Gus Scamera). Just in time, too! I was running low on material for the website. Anyway, in this… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Mark Zaputil found and scanned this 1975 flyer that was done to promote our job at the Cavern located in Rock Island, IL (not Moline as previously noted). Page 1 details all the members of the band. For some reason… Read More ›
You have to love the Internet. If it weren’t for Facebook, this photo would probably have never made it to our site. Here is a little nugget with Ken playing his red Gibson ES-335 during a live performance with his… Read More ›
Here it is, folks, in all its glory! The new Hofner Ignition Violin Bass in a beautiful sunburst finish. I’ve looked it over and it is perfect, much brighter than the old one. And the pearl is white, not yellowed… Read More ›
Last year I joined IRRMA as a lifetime member. Just recently I received the items in the picture along with a couple other things like a window decal and a beverage holder. These gifts included a membership card, a lapel… Read More ›
This is probably only going to be of interest to true Beatles fans as well as musicians who look at this site. However, it was Paul McCartney who came up with this idea. I found out the hard way why… Read More ›
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 ›