 Cornelius was killed in a hit and run accident in 1981.He was asked by Mik Kaminski to record an album with Violinski, and got another Cumbrian musician, Barry (Baz) Dunnery a guitarist from Egremont, to join them.From the album "No Cause for Alarm", recorded at the Musicland Studios in Munich, came John's most well known composition, "Clog Dance" reaching number 17 in March 1979.