# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-mcmurtry
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:00:53.920Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-mcmurtry"
name: "James McMurtry"
slug: "james-mcmurtry"
description: "James McMurtry is an American rock and folk rock/americana singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, and occasional actor. He performs with veteran bandmates Daren Hess, Cornbread and Tim Holt."
tagline: "American rock and folk-rock/americana singer-songwriter and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_McMurtry_SXSW_2006_crop.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: "1962-03-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.83756933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jamesmcmurtry"
    handle:    "jamesmcmurtry"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JamesMcMurtry"
    handle:    "JamesMcMurtry"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573502/"
    handle:    "nm0573502"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/52BKc9OtCbQstAAPTIvLGH"
    handle:    "52BKc9OtCbQstAAPTIvLGH"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jamesmcmurtry.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "چيمس مكمورترى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "جیمز مک‌مورتی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%95%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%95%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%86%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "جەیمز مەکمۆرتری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McMurtry"
    title: "James McMurtry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McMurtry"
    title: "James McMurtry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McMurtry"
    title: "James McMurtry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McMurtry"
    title: "James McMurtry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "جیمز مک‌مورتی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McMurtry"
    title: "James McMurtry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McMurtry"
    title: "James McMurtry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0d842c11-3f11-4dae-aa41-4e6e8beccc09"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971927"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39016"
    title: "James McMurtry"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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