# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-farrar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:09:38.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-farrar"
name: "Jay Farrar"
slug: "jay-farrar"
description: "Jay Stuart Farrar is an American songwriter and musician based in St. Louis. A member of two critically acclaimed music groups, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, he began his solo music career in 2001. Beyond being a songwriter, Farrar plays guitar, piano, harmonica, and sings."
tagline: "American songwriter and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jay_Farrar_(freeloosedirt).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: "1966-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.79764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 824
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jayfarrarmusic"
    handle:    "jayfarrarmusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jayfarrarSTL"
    handle:    "jayfarrarSTL"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4tPRMBm25eaPJaceUBPqTK"
    handle:    "4tPRMBm25eaPJaceUBPqTK"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jayfarrar.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPdUay-8haDyr9UyyM9fbg"
    handle:    "@thatbeat1974"
    followers: 824
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/400816"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "جاي فارار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "جاى فارار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Farrar"
    title: "Jay Farrar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Farrar"
    title: "Jay Farrar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Farrar"
    title: "Jay Farrar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Farrar"
    title: "Jay Farrar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Farrar"
    title: "Jay Farrar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Farrar"
    title: "Jay Farrar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Farrar"
    title: "Jay Farrar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2d50057a-5541-4b1a-990d-92d3698e7ba5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1350138"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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