# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-cotton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:49:13.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-cotton"
name: "Jeff Cotton"
slug: "jeff-cotton"
description: "Jeffrey Ralph Cotton is an American rock guitarist, known for his work as a member of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band."
tagline: "Guitarist for Captain Beefheart and MU"
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: "1948-05-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.28
  momentum:             0.7198443579766537
  historical:           7.686502666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/407002"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "جيف كوتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "جيف كوتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Cotton"
    title: "Jeff Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Cotton"
    title: "Jeff Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Cotton"
    title: "Jeff Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3_(%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)"
    title: "ジェフ・コットン (ロック・ミュージシャン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Cotton"
    title: "Jeff Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/46d4c963-8ff0-47b8-acb4-77b3506438ac"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1686285"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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