# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-alvin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:23:16.178Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-alvin"
name: "Dave Alvin"
slug: "dave-alvin"
description: "David Albert Alvin is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He is a former and founding member of the roots rock band the Blasters. Alvin has recorded and performed as a solo artist since the late 1980s and has been involved in various side projects and collaborations. He has had brief stints as a member of the bands X and the Knitters. He often refers to himself as \"Blackjack Dave,\" in reference to his 1998 album and song of the same name."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Alvin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1955-11-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           63.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.85634533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 8980
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/davealvin"
    handle:    "davealvin"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/davealvinoriginal/"
    handle:    "davealvinoriginal"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/davealvinofficial"
    handle:    "davealvinofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0023568/"
    handle:    "nm0023568"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1QSEKTN8PPjVzniAkpJ90p"
    handle:    "1QSEKTN8PPjVzniAkpJ90p"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsyq6L8WjdoB8fUvaQmgpAw"
    handle:    "@davealvinofficial"
    followers: 8980
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ديف آلفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ديف آلفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "دیف الفین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Alvin"
    title: "Dave Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Alvin"
    title: "Dave Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Alvin"
    title: "Dave Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Alvin"
    title: "Dave Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Alvin"
    title: "Dave Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Alvin"
    title: "Dave Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Alvin"
    title: "Dave Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%B2"
    title: "Элвин, Дэйв"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Alvin"
    title: "Dave Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Alvin"
    title: "Dave Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/306ebc54-d11c-4bf4-9f37-27adc37d00b4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1173086"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117813"
    title: "Dave Alvin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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