# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hughie-thomasson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:56:41.172Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hughie-thomasson"
name: "Hughie Thomasson"
slug: "hughie-thomasson"
description: "Hugh Edward \"Hughie\" Thomasson Jr. was an American guitarist and singer, best known as a founding member of Outlaws. The band found success in the late 1970s and early 1980s with a string of hits. He was also a replacement guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd.\nHughie Thomasson was inducted into the Fender Hall of Fame for his work as the founding guitarist and singer of the southern rock band The Outlaws. His distinctive guitar playing earned him the nickname \"The Flame\"."
tagline: "American guitarist and singer (1952-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hughie_Thomasson_and_Monte_Yoho_2006.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: "1952-08-13"
deathDate: "2007-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.45
  momentum:             1.083810346689708
  historical:           13.71898
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1601277/"
    handle:    "nm1601277"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.theoutlaws.us"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هوجى توماسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Thomasson"
    title: "Hughie Thomasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ea0b4f3a-05dd-4a5d-8506-68ac408dc4f7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721521"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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