“One Of These Nights” Click on the link above to hear the 1976 Silver Laughter lineup perform this tune by The Eagles. While we were on the road, we didn’t get a lot of chances to hear new music, at… Read More ›
Valhalla Ballroom
Silver Laughter Booking Schedule from 1977
As you can see from the document this was for band use only because it had what we were being paid by the various clubs. For example, The Red Bull in Norfolk, NE paid us $1,450 in 1977 for 6… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for November 1978
The first week of November had us finishing up a week at the Kongo Club in Mitchell, SD on a Sunday night. Monday and Tuesday we had off before Jon and I flew to New York to try and sell… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for July 1978
Here is another solid month with only ONE day off! Whew, makes me tired just looking at it knowing all the work we did to play these places along with the rehearsals we probably did during the daytime. The month… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for March 1978
So we had the last three days off at the end of February and the first two of March before hitting it hard! We did a one-night job at The Two Brother’s Club in Rock Rapids, Iowa, then another one… Read More ›
Revisit of Silver Laughter’s Booking Calendar for January 1978
Now that some time has gone by and several documents have been uncovered that weren’t available when I started this website, I have had a chance to put towns to some of the places on our booking Calendar. We started… Read More ›
Marshall Independent Publishes a Story on Silver Laughter
“The last time Silver Laughter played together was more than 30 years ago, and the band’s members have been trying to keep its music alive. The Davenport, Iowa-based group once graced the stage at Marshall’s Blue Moon and the Valhalla… Read More ›
Silver Laughter Travel Schedule for 1978 – January – We were busy boys!
Updates 5/12/13 in bold italics – I found my booking calendar for 1978, our last year together. (Actually we stayed together until late in 1979.) As I look through the names of the bars and nightclubs, I wonder how many… Read More ›