# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-amato
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:30:25.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-amato"
name: "Dave Amato"
slug: "dave-amato"
description: "David Paul Amato is an American musician, the lead guitarist of the rock band REO Speedwagon from May 1989 until their retirement in 2024. and a rhythm guitarist/singer for Ted Nugent in the mid-1980s."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Amato_(cropped).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: "1953-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.71
  momentum:             3.366141732283464
  historical:           6.685428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024148/"
    handle:    "nm0024148"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.daveamato.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1184633"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Amato"
    title: "Dave Amato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ديف أماتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ديف اماتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "دیف اماتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Amato"
    title: "Dave Amato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e0df7758-e207-4c4d-91a5-40d639ba66fe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5228227"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2588959"
    title: "Dave Amato"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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