| Intro | Scottish guitarist and songwriter |
| Is |
Musician Guitarist Songwriter |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 21 April 1963 |
| Age: | 57 years |
John Francis “Johnny” McElhone (born 21 April 1963, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish guitarist and songwriter.
He has played with three bands who have all enjoyed a Top 20 presence in the UK Singles Chart; Altered Images, Hipsway and Texas. Two of those groups (Altered Images and Texas) have had Top 20 UK Albums Chart hits.
McElhone contributed the musical part of co-writing the bulk of Texas’s material.
He is the son of Scottish Labour Party politicians 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.