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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Peter Glanvill

Letter: Jon Hiseman obituary

Jon Hiseman playing with his band Colosseum in 1970.
Jon Hiseman playing with his band Colosseum in 1970. Photograph: Alan Messer/Rex/Shutterstock

In 1981 Barbara Thompson’s band Paraphernalia played in Ilminster, Somerset, and I went along. Jon Hiseman was the drummer for his wife’s band and after buying a (vinyl) album after the show, I went backstage to get some signatures and meet the band. I told Jon how much I had enjoyed the music of Colosseum, and his reply was: “I was in that band for only four years and I get more comments about it than anything else I have done.”

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