# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbecue-bob
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:23:26.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbecue-bob"
name: "Barbecue Bob"
slug: "barbecue-bob"
description: "Robert Hicks, known as Barbecue Bob, was an American Piedmont blues musician who played 12 string guitar which was popular in the Atlanta, Georgia, area at the time. A record talent scout gave him his nickname because he worked as a cook in a barbecue restaurant. One of the two existing photographs of him shows him playing his guitar and wearing a full length, white apron and cook's hat."
tagline: "American blues musician (1902–1931)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Barbecue_Bob.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1902-09-11"
deathDate: "1931-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.82
  momentum:             0.119047619047619
  historical:           12.69726666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5L8FCi81vASYMJNWbODEDZ"
    handle:    "5L8FCi81vASYMJNWbODEDZ"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "باربيكوى بوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باربیکیو باب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_Bob"
    title: "Barbecue Bob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_Bob"
    title: "Barbecue Bob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_Bob"
    title: "Barbecue Bob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_Bob"
    title: "Barbecue Bob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8"
    title: "باربیکیو باب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_Bob"
    title: "Barbecue Bob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_Bob"
    title: "Barbecue Bob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%94%EB%B9%84%ED%81%90_%EB%B0%A5"
    title: "바비큐 밥"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_Bob"
    title: "Barbecue Bob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_Bob"
    title: "Barbecue Bob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_Bob"
    title: "Barbecue Bob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/46a5e33c-7a72-485f-b3eb-8f09fc54fe2f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q807787"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump