# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-west
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:27:55.276Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-west"
name: "Jim West"
slug: "jim-west"
description: "James West, also known as Kimo, is an American-Canadian guitarist best known for working with \"Weird Al\" Yankovic."
tagline: "Canadian guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_West_by_Kyle_Cassidy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1953-12-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.49
  momentum:             1.843575418994413
  historical:           7.556558666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922144/"
    handle:    "nm0922144"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jimkimowest.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/323405"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "جيم ويست (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "جيم ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جیم ویست (شارکی یازیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_West_(Gitarrist)"
    title: "Jim West (Gitarrist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_West_(guitarist)"
    title: "Jim West (guitarist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_West"
    title: "Jim West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2b317135-6e91-47ea-95e0-a91ee4568ea3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3808388"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1485631"
    title: "Jim West"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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