Career
He has played with three bands who have all enjoyed a Top 20 presence in the United Kingdom Singles Chart. Altered Images, Hipsway and Texas. Two of those groups (Altered Images and Texas) have had Top 20 United Kingdom 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.
