For some reason I never thought to look for the book, “Acid Archives”, which had been mentioned by some of the Silver Laughter reviewers; that is, until last week. I ordered a copy I found online and will impart those… Read More ›
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Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton Meets Santana… Sort Of
One of the benefits of living near a beautiful city like San Francisco is that a lot of the stars live close by. Through the years I have gotten to talk to Robin Williams. A long time ago I sat… Read More ›
NEW MUSIC! Lyrics to “Hey, Marie”
This song came to me when I was riding around with my young daughter, Angela Marie. So I would sing to her in the back seat, “A. Marie” which was the kernel for this tune that Ken and I wrote… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Gets A Message From ReverbNation
October 1, 2013 Weekly Update for Silver Laughter #2 in Pop Chart for Novato, CA 807 55 /playsget more plays » View Play Stats 509 26 /fansget more fans » View Fan Stats 2,690 44 /band equity
A Silver Laughter Fan From Germany Drops A Line
One of the great things about the Internet is that we can connect with people all over the world about our music. We have had hits to the Silver Laughter website from just about every country on the planet! In… Read More ›
Snow Blind – More Silver Laughter Trials and Tribulations!
I had been with Silver Laughter for some time now and was given the great new responsibility of being able to drive one of the vans. I usually drove Mick’s van which was the one that towed the trailer. No… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Jon Ludtke and Mick Orton Miss Seeing the Beatles… By That Much!
In case you’re not old enough, the “by that much” in the title of this article was a favorite saying of secret agent Maxwell Smart in the Mel Brooks 60’s comedy TV series, “Get Smart” when he would mess up…. Read More ›
Another Blogger Contacts Me About Silver Laughter and The Contents Are:
Hey, Mick, I ran into your contact info listed on a blog while looking for more information on Silver Laughter. My name is Jeremy Cargill and I’m an Assistant Editor/Contributor for a magazine called Ugly Things that’s been in print… Read More ›
MORE Silver Laughter LIVE – Cover Songs!
“Penny Lane” Paul McCartney (pictured with the vintage Hofner which became his trademark… I have a right handed version of this bass, probably about the same year) is about to release a new album with a song on it called… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – “Handle With Care” – Lyrics to “Whiskey Heaven”
This song was written before I joined Silver Laughter, but Jon and I decided to adopt the Lennon-McCartney writing style by putting both of our names on all the tunes he and I wrote.