# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-wootton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:01:36.632Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-wootton"
name: "Bob Wootton"
slug: "bob-wootton"
description: "Robert Clifton Wootton was an American guitarist. He joined Johnny Cash's backing band, The Tennessee Three, after original lead guitarist Luther Perkins died in a house fire. He remained Cash's guitarist for nearly thirty years."
tagline: "American guitarist (1942-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Wootton_(831827463).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: "1942-03-04"
deathDate: "2017-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.2
  momentum:             0.3537735849056605
  historical:           9.031608
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2143913/"
    handle:    "nm2143913"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Bob Wootton"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wootton"
    title: "Bob Wootton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wootton"
    title: "Bob Wootton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wootton"
    title: "Bob Wootton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wootton"
    title: "Bob Wootton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wootton"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Bob Wootton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump