Silly Wizard was a
Scottish folk band that began forming in
Edinburgh in 1970. The founder members were two like-minded university students—
Gordon Jones (guitar,
bodhran, vocals, bouzouki, mandola) and Bob Thomas (
guitar, mandolin, mandola,
banjo, concertina). The as-yet-unnamed band was sometimes joined by thirteen-year-old schoolboy
Johnny Cunningham (
fiddle,
viola,
mandola, vocals), who began more extensive touring with the band in 1972.