# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-lafave
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:11:31.042Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-lafave"
name: "Jimmy LaFave"
slug: "jimmy-lafave"
description: "Jimmy LaFave was an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. After moving to Stillwater, Oklahoma, LaFave became a supporter of Woody Guthrie. He later became an Advisory Board member and regular performer at the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival."
tagline: "American musician (1955–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmy_LaFave.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: "1955-07-12"
deathDate: "2017-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.040716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/105555482812281"
    handle:    "105555482812281"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2299101/"
    handle:    "nm2299101"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3PCC1w6AJvKLFpZbDJrsGe"
    handle:    "3PCC1w6AJvKLFpZbDJrsGe"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jimmylafave.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/733310"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_LaFave"
    title: "Jimmy LaFave"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_LaFave"
    title: "Jimmy LaFave"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_LaFave"
    title: "Jimmy LaFave"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_LaFave"
    title: "Jimmy LaFave"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_LaFave"
    title: "Jimmy LaFave"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_LaFave"
    title: "Jimmy LaFave"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f9da337d-e622-42a1-85dc-8a3d79e5daf9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2030140"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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