# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-burton-q326937
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:40:27.083Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-burton-q326937"
name: "James Burton"
slug: "james-burton-q326937"
description: "James Edward Burton is an American guitarist. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001, Burton has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. He was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2024. Critic Mark Deming writes that \"Burton has a well-deserved reputation as one of the finest guitar pickers in either country or rock ... Burton is one of the best guitar players to ever touch a fretboard.\" He is ranked number 24 in Rolling Stone list of 250 greatest guitarists of all time."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Burton-Verona%2C_26-11-10.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: "1939-08-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.196468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jburtonmusic"
    handle:    "jburtonmusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jamesburtonguitarist"
    handle:    "jamesburtonguitarist"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123604/"
    handle:    "nm0123604"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.james-burton.net/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burton"
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    title: "James Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burton (muusikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'יימס ברטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジェームズ・バートン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burton_(guitarrista)"
    title: "James Burton (guitarrista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%91%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Бёртон, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burton"
    title: "James Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82275"
    title: "James Burton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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