# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-farmer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:37:38.106Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-farmer"
name: "Steve Farmer"
slug: "steve-farmer"
description: "Steven Orville Farmer was an American guitarist, composer, and lyricist, best known for his composition with Ted Nugent in 1968, \"Journey to the Center of the Mind,\" performed by their group The Amboy Dukes. Farmer wrote the lyrics to the hit song, which peaked at #16 on the charts. He also co-wrote with Nugent, or self-composed, 22 compositions on the first three albums by The Amboy Dukes."
tagline: "American musician (1948–2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Steve_Farmer_-_Amboy_Dukes.png"
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: "1948-12-31"
deathDate: "2020-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.9
  momentum:             3.726067746686304
  historical:           5.966885333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/671579"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Farmer_(musician)"
    title: "Steve Farmer (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "ستيف فارمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "ستيف فارمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Farmer"
    title: "Steve Farmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Farmer_(musician)"
    title: "Steve Farmer (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a71c7739-9c06-4dbe-a42d-b32a332099a6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7612519"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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