“Out Of The Cold” Click on the link above to hear a Craig Hute composition performed by The Contents Are: with Paul Staack and Mick Orton as musicians before they joined Silver Laughter along with Craig and Dave Neumann. The… Read More ›
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Sound Communications, An Early Silver Laughter Booking Company
I really don’t know much about this company since I was with The Contents Are: who had moved from Davenport to Denver by then. The flyer shows a five piece Silver Laughter band featuring John Carstensen, Denny Walton, Steve Elliott,… Read More ›
The Contents Are: – Part of the Silver Laughter Legacy
“Head Collect” Click on the link above to hear a Craig Hute original featuring Silver Laughter members, Paul Staack and Mick Orton. Even though this was recorded before Paul and I joined the band, it is still a part of… Read More ›
Machu Picchu Records Reissues “Through You” by The Contents Are:
Early last summer, I caught wind of a planned re-release of the album “Through You” on vinyl by Machu Picchu Records and put in my order. At $20, it seemed like a great deal. A German label, Shadok Records, did… Read More ›
A Page from the Silver Laughter Brochure
When Carl sent me the CD with all the photos and memorabilia one of the folders held several pages from a Silver Laughter brochure that was used in the early days for promotion. Over the next few days I will… Read More ›
Silver Laughter History – The Contents Are:
Fortunately, I was in my first professional band just out of high school. They had what I thought was a strange name; The Contents Are:. People told me they got the idea from the ingredients on a soup can label…. Read More ›
Another Hit from “Handle With Care” – “Grey, Cloudy Skies” by Silver Laughter
“Grey, Cloudy Skies” By clicking on the link above you can hear this tune from our first album. This is another song that came over with me from The Contents Are:. Jon and I didn’t really change much on this… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Offshoot – Old Photo of The Silvers Member, Tom Kelley
I found this old photo of my old pal, Tom Kelley, who I was with in TODD Beat Group back in Davenport (This was before The Contents Are: swept me off to join them) and is now back with me… Read More ›
Before Paul and Mick Joined Silver Laughter…
As I was going through some stuff I had in a storage box, I found these two business cards, one from when Paul and I were in The Contents Are:, still living in Davenport, and the other is after we… Read More ›
You Can’t Know Where You’re Going Unless… Silver Laughter History
I have to thank Carl Frisch for his contributions to this website. This bunch of photos and memorabilia he sent today need to be posted together since they all relate to a job The Contents Are: (who were now Tabernash)… Read More ›