# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-sheehan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:23:29.273Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-sheehan"
name: "Billy Sheehan"
slug: "billy-sheehan"
description: "William Sheehan is an American musician known for playing bass guitar with acts such as Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Niacin, and The Winery Dogs. He is also known for his \"lead bass\" playing style, including the use of chording, two-handed tapping, \"three-finger picking\" technique and controlled feedback. Sheehan has been voted \"Best Rock Bass Player\" five times in Guitar Player readers' polls."
tagline: "American bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mr._Big_-_Wacken_Open_Air_2018_07.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1953-03-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.31
  momentum:             0.2267870683118494
  historical:           23.06742933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "billyonbass"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/billysheehanonbass/"
    handle:    "billysheehanonbass"
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    handle:    "Billy-Sheehan-36797576876"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيلي شيهان"
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    title: "Billy Sheehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Sheehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Шихэн, Билли"
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    title: "Billy Sheehan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump