# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-ray
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:57:17.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-ray"
name: "Brian Ray"
slug: "brian-ray"
description: "Brian Thomas Ray is an American musician best known as a guitarist, bassist and backing vocalist with Paul McCartney's touring band since 2002, and formerly as a musical director and guitarist for Etta James. Ray has performed with numerous other artists and leads his own band, The Bayonets."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_Ray_in_Dublin_2010_(d).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: "1955-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.69
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.647361333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/brianrayguitar"
    handle:    "brianrayguitar"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/brianrayguitar/"
    handle:    "brianrayguitar"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/brianrayguitar"
    handle:    "brianrayguitar"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1022536/"
    handle:    "nm1022536"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1hN9tISa0Op9MM9i7WQRdm"
    handle:    "1hN9tISa0Op9MM9i7WQRdm"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brianray.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "برايان راي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "برايان راى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "برایان رای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Ray"
    title: "Brian Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Ray"
    title: "Brian Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Ray"
    title: "Brian Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Ray"
    title: "Brian Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f9a561c3-1472-4fc3-98ee-9e1e289cba5e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2924988"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2743680"
    title: "Brian Ray"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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