Book of Remembrance

I am a lucky man. First time I saw Jon Hiseman was at a live performance with Barbara Thompson in 1987 in Austria. Being 15 years old at that time I was very lucky being influenced by my older brother, who showed me the other world of music. Remember - the eighties wasn’t really the decade famous of its music quality! So I was like an alien at school listening to artists like Miles Davies, Wheather Report or also John Mayall and Eric Clapton or Pink Floyd. Suddenly my brother handed over “Colosseum Live”. I couldn’t believe what I headed! A mix of all the music I admired, jazz elements, blues classics and sometimes elements of rock and roll. Since 1987 Colosseum is at my side. Unfortunately the band didn’t perform any more that time. Again I was lucky that suddenly I had the chance to see the band live in 2011 and 2014. I met Jon after the concert in Salzburg and got a signed drumstick for my son who started playing the drums that time. They disbanded in 2015 and luckily Jon started the JCM project and I got tickets for the concert at 16. May in Salzburg. I had the chance to see them in Vienna or Innsbruck (I was even there at 10. April but didn’t see them looking forward for the 16. May...) So then the tragedy began and Jon got ill and the concerts had to be cancelled. But I still think I am a lucky man having seen Jon Hiseman live three times. The music will be permanently there, it is forever. I am so sad for Jon and his family. He will be unforgotten... Collapse