# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-guitar-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:46:36.805Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-guitar-watson"
name: "Johnny \"Guitar\" Watson"
slug: "johnny-guitar-watson"
description: "John Watson Jr., often known professionally as Johnny \"Guitar\" Watson, was an American musician. A flamboyant showman and electric guitarist in the style of T-Bone Walker, his recording career spanned 40 years, and encompassed rhythm and blues, funk and soul music."
tagline: "American musician (1935–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Guitar_Watson-1996.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: "1935-02-03"
deathDate: "1996-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.9319940721225095
  historical:           20.17233733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2701264/"
    handle:    "nm2701264"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6uB4Ax6mlzohDTLqLOJ6Vl"
    handle:    "6uB4Ax6mlzohDTLqLOJ6Vl"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Guitar Watson"
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    title: "Johnny «Guitar» Watson"
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    title: "Johnny Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny \"Guitar\" Watson"
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    title: "Johnny \"Guitar\" Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_%22Guitar%22_Watson"
    title: "Johnny \"Guitar\" Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Johnny Guitar Watson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump