# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neal-casal
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:56:32.860Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neal-casal"
name: "Neal Casal"
slug: "neal-casal"
description: "Neal Graeme Casal was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and photographer. First rising to prominence as lead guitar with Rickey Medlocke's Blackfoot from 1988 to 1993, he was also known as a member of Ryan Adams' backing band the Cardinals from 2005 until 2009, with whom he recorded three studio albums. He played in several groups, including the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Hard Working Americans, Beachwood Sparks, The Skiffle Players, GospelbeacH and Circles Around the Sun– and released twelve albums as a solo artist."
tagline: "American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer (1968–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NealCasal.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: "1968-11-02"
deathDate: "2019-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.594754666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/nealcasal/"
    handle:    "nealcasal"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/nealcasal"
    handle:    "nealcasal"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1393277/"
    handle:    "nm1393277"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0rZpNCCYOe06am554MyKRu"
    handle:    "Neal Casal"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.nealcasal.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/368544"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "نيل كاسال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "نيل كاسال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Casal"
    title: "Neal Casal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Casal"
    title: "Neal Casal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Casal"
    title: "Neal Casal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Casal"
    title: "Neal Casal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/65e26778-804e-47a2-9b60-6be8b851df69"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971958"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2537412"
    title: "Neal Casal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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