# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herb-pedersen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:12:44.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herb-pedersen"
name: "Herb Pedersen"
slug: "herb-pedersen"
description: "Herbert Joseph Pedersen is an American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter who has played a variety of musical styles over the past fifty years including country, bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, folk, folk rock, country rock, and has worked with numerous musicians in many different bands."
tagline: "American musician and singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HerbPedersen.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: "1944-04-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.56
  momentum:             0.2156862745098039
  historical:           8.389601333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6hPc7dyXAey1c44DfQkPqn"
    handle:    "6hPc7dyXAey1c44DfQkPqn"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/271644"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "هيرب بيدرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "هيرب بيدرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A8_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "هیرب بیدرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Pedersen"
    title: "Herb Pedersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Pedersen"
    title: "Herb Pedersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ハーブ・ペダーセン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Pedersen"
    title: "Herb Pedersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1"
    title: "Педерсен, Херб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fd8c4a35-7e0f-4561-8434-f8595afe2252"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1607873"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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