# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vin-garbutt
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:47:37.498Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vin-garbutt"
name: "Vin Garbutt"
slug: "vin-garbutt"
description: "Vincent Paul Garbutt was an English folk singer and songwriter. A significant part of his repertoire consisted of protest songs covering topics such as \"the Troubles\" in Northern Ireland, unemployment, and social issues. Whilst the subject of his songs featured many political and social topics, Garbutt's on stage wit, humour and storytelling between songs became a hit with audiences and for which he became widely known. He would wish his audiences \"All the very best\" along with, \"I'm knackered now, aren't you?\""
tagline: "British folk musician (1947–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vin_Garbutt_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1947-11-20"
deathDate: "2017-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.63
  momentum:             25
  historical:           5.764797333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.vingarbutt.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1455889"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Garbutt"
    title: "Vin Garbutt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Garbutt"
    title: "Vin Garbutt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Garbutt"
    title: "Vin Garbutt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Garbutt"
    title: "Vin Garbutt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Garbutt"
    title: "Vin Garbutt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fded0f6d-2ca2-48f6-aba0-8ae5370f3634"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2056516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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