Back in The Contents Are: days, my friend, Ted, showed me the sales brochure of the car he wanted; a very inexpensive MG Midget sports car in British Racing Green. I think it cost all of a couple thousand dollars… Read More ›
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Silver Laughter Gets Readers From All Over the World!
I wanted to thank all of you, regardless of which country you are from, for taking the time to stop in and read what’s been posted here as well as listening to the music. It’s gratifying that just today we… Read More ›
Long Lost Recordings of The Contents Are: Found
If you click here you can get a sample of my recent find. On a couple of old reel to reel tapes of my first band, The Contents Are:, we were able to save 14 live original songs from the… Read More ›
Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton and the Viet Nam War
During The Contents Are: days, the Vietnam War was going on. We were all opposed to it as was a lot of America, especially since the draft was being used, and we were of draft age. In the fall of… Read More ›
Just Found a Site that Mentions The Contents Are: and Silver Laughter!
Go to Chris Bishop’s site and take a look. the article is particularly about The Contents Are: where Paul Staack and I came from. Although I did not play on those records (Paul did), it’s nice that the Midwest groups… Read More ›
A Little More About Paul Staack
The first time I heard of Paul Staack, Jon and I were juniors at West High School. Paul was a senior and had been elected Class of 1967 president. He was spoofing himself playing drums in a pep “aud” (short… Read More ›
Some Thoughts About “Sailing on Fantasies”
I was listening to some of the cuts posted at Somewhere There Is Music as well as those posted on YouTube and remembered how crisp the bass is in many of the later cuts. If anyone listens closely, they can… Read More ›
Before There Was Silver Laughter – Mick Joined The Contents Are:
One of the record reviews of “Silver Laughter” mentions the band “The Contents Are:”. It was my first introduction to a band that was actually in the public eye. In Davenport, Iowa there were really only two “famous” bands during… Read More ›