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Jonathan Silver is an English musician who was the second drummer for the English rock band Genesis.He replaced Chris Stewart in the summer of 1968 and appears on their first full-length album, From Genesis to Revelation, and on the Genesis Archive 1967-75 box set.
He was soon replaced by fellow student John Silver. [5] Over a ten-day period during the school summer holidays in August 1968, Genesis recorded their debut album From Genesis to Revelation, which was released in March 1969. [6] [7] By August, John Mayhew had replaced Silver, [8] who had moved to the United States to study at Cornell University ...
By the time Genesis had finished recording, John Silver had replaced original drummer Chris Stewart. The album and its singles were a commercial flop, and received a mixed to negative reaction from critics. By mid-1969, the group had severed ties with King and resumed education until they reformed and turned Genesis into a full-time band.
John Barbata, the classic rock drummer who played on era-defining records by the Turtles, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, has died. ... 'Long John Silver,' as well as the live ...
John Silver (musician) (born 1950), second drummer for the English rock band Genesis; John Silver (pigeon), a war pigeon active with the United States Army in World War I "John Silver" (song), a 1938 song by Jimmy Dorsey; Long John Silver, a fictional character from the novel Treasure Island; John Silver (cigarette), a Swedish brand of cigarettes
John Mayhew (27 March 1947 – 26 March 2009) was an English musician, best known for his brief tenure as the drummer of the progressive rock band Genesis. He replaced the band's previous drummer, John Silver , in August 1969, and was himself replaced in August 1970 by Phil Collins .
Silver then left to study in the US. [4] In November, Genesis played their first live shows as a professional band, touring the local university circuit, with new drummer John Mayhew. [6] Mayhew, the oldest and most experienced musician, came from a different background to the rest of the band.
On both the album and single releases it was credited as written by the entire group (which then consisted of Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford, and John Silver), but BMI records (see BMI work #29909132) does not credit Silver, and in fact the single version of the song was recorded before Silver joined Genesis, when ...