# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-keltner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:14:58.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-keltner"
name: "Jim Keltner"
slug: "jim-keltner"
description: "James Lee Keltner is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as \"the leading session drummer in America\"."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_keltner.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: "1942-04-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 456
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0447112"
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    handle:    "Jim Keltner - Topic"
    followers: 456
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Jim Keltner"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump