Career
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 1967-1975 box set. He left the band in August 1969 and was replaced by John Mayhew. Jonathan worked briefly at Thames Television in London in the 1980s.
In 1973 Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford and Philosophy Collins recorded a song dedicated to Silver, called "Silver Song".
This recording and other versions of the song have been included on albums by Phillips. Silver also appears on the 1973 recording "Fantomas Opening Theme" which appears on Phillips" Archive Collection Volume World War II