# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/waddy-wachtel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:13:13.268Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/waddy-wachtel"
name: "Waddy Wachtel"
slug: "waddy-wachtel"
description: "Robert \"Waddy\" Wachtel is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work. Wachtel has worked as session musician for other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Beth Hart, Stevie Nicks, Miranda Lambert, Kim Carnes, Randy Newman, Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones, Jon Bon Jovi, James Taylor, Iggy Pop, Warren Zevon, Bryan Ferry, Michael Sweet, Jackson Browne, Karla Bonoff, The Motels and Andrew Gold, both in the studio and live."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waddy_Wachtel_2009_(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: "1947-05-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.27008266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905186/"
    handle:    "nm0905186"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://waddywachtelinfo.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/258154"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "وادى واتشتيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddy_Wachtel"
    title: "Waddy Wachtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddy_Wachtel"
    title: "Waddy Wachtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddy_Wachtel"
    title: "Waddy Wachtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddy_Wachtel"
    title: "Waddy Wachtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddy_Wachtel"
    title: "Waddy Wachtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddy_Wachtel"
    title: "Waddy Wachtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%AF%E3%83%86%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ワディ・ワクテル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddy_Wachtel"
    title: "Waddy Wachtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1d460034-35c8-415b-84ea-563b7e35ca87"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1344063"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60150"
    title: "Waddy Wachtel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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