# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peg-leg-howell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:01:33.422Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peg-leg-howell"
name: "Peg Leg Howell"
slug: "peg-leg-howell"
description: "Joshua Barnes Howell, known as Peg Leg Howell, was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist, who connected early country blues and the later 12-bar style. He was one of the first recorded artists of the Atlanta blues scene during the pre-war period, and he was also one of the first blues musicians to ever make a race record."
tagline: "African American blues singer and guitarist (1888–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peg_Leg_Howell.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: "1888-03-05"
deathDate: "1966-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.69
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.674118666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/520808"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "پيج ليج هويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Leg_Howell"
    title: "Peg Leg Howell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Leg_Howell"
    title: "Peg Leg Howell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Leg_Howell"
    title: "Peg Leg Howell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Leg_Howell"
    title: "Peg Leg Howell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Leg_Howell"
    title: "Peg Leg Howell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Leg_Howell"
    title: "Peg Leg Howell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ac8d34b4-2c89-4bd7-95f4-deaacb680b28"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329138"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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