Background
Johnny Cunningham was born on 27 August 1957 in Portobello, Edinburgh.
Johnny Cunningham was born on 27 August 1957 in Portobello, Edinburgh.
Throughout his career, Cunningham was also a fiddler, composer and producer. Cunningham died of a heart attack on 15 December 2003 in New York City at the age of 46.
He was a founding member of Silly Wizard, as well as a member of Relativity, The Raindogs, and Nightnoise. He is also a former member of Silly Wizard and was involved in promoting a greater awareness of Scottish traditional music and its performers through the medium of television, doing interviews interwoven with music