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Johnny McElhone

From: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Since: 1963–present
Releases: 0

rock

About

John Francis McElhone (born 21 April 1963) is a Scottish guitarist and songwriter from Glasgow.

He played with three bands who have enjoyed a top-20 presence on the UK Singles Chart; the new wave bands Altered Images and Hipsway, and the alternative/pop rock band Texas. Both Altered Images and Texas have had top 20 albums on the UK Albums Chart.
He is one of four children of Scottish Labour MPs Frank and Helen McElhone. He is the father of child actor Jack McElhone, who co-starred with Gerard Butler and Emily Mortimer in the 2004 film Dear Frankie.

From Johnny McElhone on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Hipsway now electric bass guitar
Altered Images now
Texas now
The Chain Gang now

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Also known as

John Francis McElhone

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 4525f0ca-0670-45fe-85b5-9ad94243c32c
ISNI: 0000000120194453
ISNI: 0000000371893603
ISNI: 0000000372960257
IPI: 00047799328

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 14 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.