# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/long-john-hunter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:36:20.251Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/long-john-hunter"
name: "Long John Hunter"
slug: "long-john-hunter"
description: "John Thurman Hunter Jr., known by the stage name Long John Hunter, was an American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He released seven albums in his own name, and in his later years found critical acknowledgement outside of his homeland. Hunter's best known tracks are \"El Paso Rock\" and \"Alligators Around My Door\", the latter of which Hunter co-wrote with Bruce Iglauer."
tagline: "American Texas blues guitarist (1931–2016)"
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: "1931-07-13"
deathDate: "2016-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.56
  momentum:             11.42857142857143
  historical:           8.541649333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/583331"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "لونغ جون هنتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "لونج جون هنتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Hunter"
    title: "Long John Hunter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Hunter"
    title: "Long John Hunter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Hunter"
    title: "Long John Hunter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Hunter"
    title: "Long John Hunter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Hunter"
    title: "Long John Hunter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Лонг Джон Хантер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3051925f-d398-4261-af56-0c60d660aa1d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3259030"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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