# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-carlton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:25:39.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-carlton"
name: "Larry Carlton"
slug: "larry-carlton"
description: "Larry Eugene Carlton is an American guitarist who built his career as a studio musician in the 1970s and 1980s for acts including Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. One of the most sought-after guitarists of his era, Carlton has participated in thousands of recording sessions, recorded on hundreds of albums in many genres including more than 100 gold records, in addition to music for television and movies. He was a member of the jazz fusion group the Crusaders and the smooth jazz band Fourplay maintaining a long solo career."
tagline: "American guitarist (born 1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry_Carlton_Gibson_ES-335.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-03-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.48215333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "LarryCarlton"
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    handle:    "LarryCarlton335"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "7aRi9OzdA2ciputfuguaPK"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Larry Carlton"
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    title: "Larry Carlton"
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    title: "Larry Carlton"
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    title: "Larry Carlton"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Carlton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "แลร์รี คาร์ลตัน"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump