# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-gorham
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:40:16.974Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/scott-gorham"
name: "Scott Gorham"
slug: "scott-gorham"
description: "William Scott Gorham is an American guitarist and songwriter who is one of the \"twin lead guitarists\" for the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. Although not a founding member of Thin Lizzy, he served as a continuous member after passing an audition in 1974, joining the band at a time when its future was in doubt following the departures of original guitarist Eric Bell and his brief replacement Gary Moore. Gorham remained with Thin Lizzy until the band's breakup in 1983. He and guitarist Brian Robertson, both hired at the same time, marked the beginning of the band's most critically successful period, and together developed Thin Lizzy's twin lead guitar style while contributing dual backing vocals as well. Gorham is the band member with the longest membership after founders Brian Downey (drummer) and frontman and bass guitarist, Phil Lynott."
tagline: "American guitarist (born 1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Black_Star_Riders_%E2%80%93_Wacken_Open_Air_2014_06.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1951-03-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump