# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-jorgenson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:34:45.303Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-jorgenson"
name: "John Jorgenson"
slug: "john-jorgenson"
description: "John Richard Jorgenson is an American musician. Although best known for his guitar work with bands such as the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters, he is also proficient on the mandolin, mandocello, Dobro, pedal steel guitar, piano, upright bass, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone. While a member of the Desert Rose Band, he won the Academy of Country Music's \"Guitarist of the Year\" award three consecutive years."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Jorgenson_at_Kentucky_Coffee_Tree_Cafe.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: "1956-07-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.517426666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430397/"
    handle:    "nm0430397"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://johnjorgenson.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/433169"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون جورجينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jorgenson"
    title: "John Jorgenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jorgenson"
    title: "John Jorgenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jorgenson"
    title: "John Jorgenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%A1%B0%EA%B2%90%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "존 조겐슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jorgenson"
    title: "John Jorgenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4cdf9976-951c-45c2-a1ec-6fde579d2f1a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963411"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/230242"
    title: "John Jorgenson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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