# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-primer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:00:17.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-primer"
name: "John Primer"
slug: "john-primer"
description: "John Primer is an American Chicago blues and electric blues singer and guitarist who played behind Junior Wells in the house band at Theresa's Lounge and as a member of the bands of Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters and Magic Slim before launching an award-winning career as a front man, carrying forward the traditional Windy City sound into the 21st century."
tagline: "American Chicago blues singer and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnPrimerPromo8x10.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: "1945-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.704286666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JOHNPRIMERBLUES"
    handle:    "JOHNPRIMERBLUES"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnprimerblues.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/694207"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون پريمير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Primer"
    title: "John Primer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Primer"
    title: "John Primer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Primer"
    title: "John Primer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Primer"
    title: "John Primer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Primer"
    title: "John Primer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Праймер, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3de2fcfc-0b36-4106-b234-e13db03aa775"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q345848"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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