# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-cage
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:12:10.640Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-cage"
name: "Buddy Cage"
slug: "buddy-cage"
description: "Buddy Cage was an American pedal steel guitarist, best known as a longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage."
tagline: "American pedal steel guitarist (1946–2020)"
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: "1946-02-18"
deathDate: "2020-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.21
  momentum:             8.059701492537314
  historical:           7.488518666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2861987/"
    handle:    "nm2861987"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/261827"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "بادي كايج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "بادى كايج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Cage"
    title: "Buddy Cage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Cage"
    title: "Buddy Cage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Cage"
    title: "Buddy Cage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Cage"
    title: "Buddy Cage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%88%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AC"
    title: "بڈی کیج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/029004fa-4fff-4ac9-b467-4c8522afced3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001146"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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