# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-gaines
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:04:02.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-gaines"
name: "Steve Gaines"
slug: "steve-gaines"
description: "Steven Earl Gaines was an American musician. He is best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist with rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1976 until his death in the October 1977 airplane crash that claimed other band members and crew. His older sister Cassie Gaines, a backup vocalist with the band, also died in the crash."
tagline: "American guitarist (1949–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Gaines_Lynyrd_Skynyrd_(cropped).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: "1949-09-14"
deathDate: "1977-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.08
  momentum:             2.764856840939969
  historical:           14.87889866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301358/"
    handle:    "nm0301358"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "ستيف غينز (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ستيف جينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines_(Musiker)"
    title: "Steve Gaines (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5000f7eb-5519-4534-8044-c0be850c7473"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939194"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1167429"
    title: "Steve Gaines"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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