This morning I did a little “sight seeing” before heading to rehearsal. One of the first places I saw after leaving my suite off of I80 was the old Ludtke homestead. Someone else owns it now and it looks very… Read More ›
Steve Elliott
Silver Laughter Invades the Quad Cities
Well, folks. The band is back together… most of it anyway. Though Ken Wiles, Steve Elliott and John Carstensen are not playing, Jon, Kim, Paul, Mark and I got together this morning to run though our set. While it went… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – The Iowa R&R Hall of Fame Coming Up!
Well, it’s not too far away now… about a week before we will be inducted into the Iowa R&R Hall of Fame for 2014. All of us have been practicing separately for this weekend’s full band rehearsal when the members… 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 ›
Some Thoughts About My Early Days With Silver Laughter
This morning the news was on television, and the song, “Mustang Sally” came on as a bumper to a story about the Ford Motor Company. It reminded me that, although I had never played it in any of the bands… Read More ›
Quick Repost of Silver Laughter Photo
This picture was posted before when I grabbed it from Steve Elliott’s Facebook page. He sent it to me again with the description “one legged Kim”. As I said in the earlier post, this was considered as one of the… Read More ›
IRRMA Posts Silver Laughter History for the Induction
The Iowa Rock and Roll Music Association posted the Silver Laughter biography online along with the rest of the 2014 inductees. It may be seen here. It takes readers through those early years all the way up to the breakup… Read More ›
Silver Laughter 2014
Here is another photo from Mark Zaputil’s Facebook page taken at his anniversary party in 2014! It could be enough to play again, although they are missing a bass player! Mick Orton
Silver Laughter Current News
This photo is from Mark Zaputil’s Facebook page. He and his wife, Jean, just celebrated another year together. Steve Elliott’s band, The Acoustic Project, played for the event, and Mark sat in on guitar… electric. Here’s what Mark says: “Jean… Read More ›