# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-murphy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:05:55.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-murphy"
name: "Matt Murphy"
slug: "matt-murphy"
description: "Matthew Tyler Murphy, known as Matt \"Guitar\" Murphy, was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was associated with Memphis Slim, The Blues Brothers and Howlin' Wolf. In 2012, Murphy was elected to the Blues Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American blues guitarist (1929–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MattMurphyNYC.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: "1929-12-29"
deathDate: "2018-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.22
  momentum:             10.54562627905756
  historical:           15.06551066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614506/"
    handle:    "nm0614506"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/348055"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "مات ميرفي (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%89"
    title: "مات ميرفى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Murphy_(bluesov%C3%BD_kytarista)"
    title: "Matt Murphy (bluesový kytarista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Murphy"
    title: "Matt Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_%22Guitar%22_Murphy"
    title: "Matt \"Guitar\" Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Murphy"
    title: "Matt Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Murphy"
    title: "Matt Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Murphy_(musicista_statunitense)"
    title: "Matt Murphy (musicista statunitense)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%22%E3%82%AE%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%22%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC"
    title: "マット・\"ギター\"・マーフィー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_%C2%ABGuitar%C2%BB_Murphy"
    title: "Matt «Guitar» Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Murphy"
    title: "Matt Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Murphy"
    title: "Matt Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%91%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%82"
    title: "Мёрфи, Мэтт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Murphy"
    title: "Matt Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D1%96_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Метт Мерфі (музикант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/07c29a3a-6105-4aa2-8965-14904ab6771d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137546"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1721073"
    title: "Matt Murphy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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