I love it when a plan comes together… sort of. Upon arriving in Davenport Friday night, August 22, to rehearse for 5 days, I went to pick up my rental car. Since I was there I checked at the rental… Read More ›
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A 1977 Photo of Silver Laughter in Carroll, Iowa at The County Seat
I have been receiving updates from Garage Hangover which did a piece on The Contents Are:. I tried to get them to do one of Silver Laughter, but the site is dedicated to bands that were together in the ’60’s…. Read More ›
Studio Version of “Goin’ To Be Mine” From “Handle With Care”
“Goin’ To Be Mine” As I have stated elsewhere on this site, this song came over with me from The Contents Are: days. Jon and I added a middle 8 to make it ours. It’s a pretty peppy tune which… Read More ›
Old Photo from the Early ’70’s – Silver Laughter Member Shows Up!
I love the Internet! Seems like just when you think there can be nothing new to find, someone posts something you’ve never seen before… or at least remember seeing! The photo was posted by The Contents Are: member, Dave Neumann,… Read More ›
Shapes of Things To Come? Silver Laughter and The Contents Are: Share a Stage!
I thought I would do another quick post this morning before I head off to take care of business. Talk about a blast from the past! As I have stated elsewhere, our two bands, The Contents Are: and Silver Laughter… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter “Bio” From 1977 Memorabilia
Here is a clip of one of the pages from our brochures which Art had made up for us. We used to place these on tables where we played. It is a brief history of the band and how we… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Studio Version of “Goin’ To Be Mine”
One of the songs that was brought over from The Contents Are: days was this tune called “Goin’ To Be Mine”. Originally written by me, Jon and I added a middle 8 to this Silver Laughter studio version which was… Read More ›
Half of Silver Laughter Plays on The Contents Are: Studio Recording of “No Chance To Choose”
Exploring our musical roots is part of the Silver Laughter heritage as well as what we have done musically after the breakup. This selection was featured in a four song demo The Contents Are: did at Columbia Studios in Chicago… Read More ›
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 ›
Random Photo of Silver Laughter’s Paul Staack and Mick Orton Rehearsing
While we are in the time machine, here I am jumping back to the early ’70’s. I had forgotten this little gem which came from Craig Hute’s collection. It is of The Contents Are: (or Tabernash as we were later… Read More ›