Attached is a scan of the back page of our late November 1977 newsletter. It shows all the places Art had us booked at the time of the printing. I did a quick calculation and came up with about 100… Read More ›
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CBS Sunday Morning Celebrates The Beatles 50 Years Later – A Silver Laughter Influence
Today the CBS Sunday Morning show spent some time celebrating one of Silver Laughter’s influences, The Beatles, 50 years later. What I remember after they came out was that every teenage boy in the Quad Cities was in a band… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mark Zaputil in The Cavern
This is one of the several pictures I have left which have not been posted. As you can see, the underground club, The Cavern, had walls shaped like the inside of a cave. It was a very popular place for… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“I Saw Her Standing There” This song is cut from the Beatles Tribute we did in Calgary, Alberta where we were treated almost like the Beatles themselves! I am singing lead on this tune with some very fine backup vocals… Read More ›
An Old Picture of Silver Laughter’s Jon Ludtke
Steve Elliott uncovered this one. I found it on his Facebook page. Yes, this is Jon Ludtke. He has always had a baby face. The long hair makes him look even younger. I think this was before Silver Laughter, but… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mark Zaputil and his Ampeg Guitar
I used the description from his Facebook page for this post. “Me on stage with Silver Laughter in Worthington, Minnesota. playing my Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar 1975.” – Mark Zaputil
Is that Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton Playing the Guitar?
What’s this? Mark dug this out of his archives. It is a photo of me playing someone’s (probably Jon’s) Gibson Les Paul. We may have been working on an original tune, OR I was trying to figure out the chords… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mark Zaputil Onstage at the Cavern Club – 1975
Remember the club I mentioned that was underneath a parking lot? This is it. The Cavern was made to look like the inside of a cave, and, as I have mentioned before, it is where we met up again with… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Sailing On Fantasies” – Lyrics to “Sunny Day”
This is another of my favorite songs on “Sailing On Fantasies”. Jon came to our song-writing session with most of the tune in his notebook, and we quickly hammered out the rest of the lyrics and worked on the arrangement… Read More ›
Silver Laughter 1974-75
This photo was “borrowed” from Steve Elliott’s Facebook page. Here’s what he says about it: “A picture from the vast gallery of Silver Laughter photos. A promo picture taken back when Kim only have [sic] one leg to drum with…. Read More ›