Educated at the city's Royal High School and Edinburgh College of Art,[1] Fairweather served his National Service in Egypt.
In 1949 Fairweather started a band with his school friend Sandy Brown.
When Brown went back to Scotland to finish his architecture studies, Fairweather joined the Cy Laurie Jazz Band.
Following a second career as a teacher in Harrow, London, Fairweather returned to Edinburgh in 1987, where he remained and played until his death in 1993 at the age of 66.
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