# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wade-mainer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:28:03.862Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wade-mainer"
name: "Wade Mainer"
slug: "wade-mainer"
description: "Wade Eckhart Mainer was an American country singer and banjoist. With his band, the Sons of the Mountaineers, he is credited with bridging the gap between old-time mountain music and Bluegrass and is sometimes called the \"Grandfather of Bluegrass\". In addition, he innovated a two-finger banjo fingerpicking style, which was a precursor to modern three-finger bluegrass styles."
tagline: "20th century American Bluegrass musician (1907–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WadeMainer.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: "1907-04-21"
deathDate: "2011-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.142621333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "واد ماينير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Mainer"
    title: "Wade Mainer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Mainer"
    title: "Wade Mainer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Mainer"
    title: "Wade Mainer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Mainer"
    title: "Wade Mainer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Mainer"
    title: "Wade Mainer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Mainer"
    title: "Wade Mainer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%B4"
    title: "Мейнер, Уэйд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2fa8f23f-e052-4330-b1ea-9753e83e10b4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1853357"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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