Furthur
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Furthur was a post-Grateful Dead jam band formed by former members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, known for continuing the Dead’s improvisational psychedelic rock legacy in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Furthur canonical | 22 |
| Furthur Festival 1998 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1159410 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Furthur Context triple: [Grateful Dead, hasSuccessorBand, Furthur]
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A.
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead was an influential American rock band known for its improvisational live performances, eclectic fusion of musical styles, and devoted fan base known as "Deadheads."
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B.
Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane was a pioneering San Francisco rock band of the 1960s, best known for its influential role in the psychedelic rock movement and hits like "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit."
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C.
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield was an influential 1960s American rock band known for pioneering folk rock and launching the careers of several major artists, including Neil Young and Stephen Stills.
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D.
The Stills-Young Band
The Stills-Young Band was a short-lived 1970s rock collaboration between Neil Young and Stephen Stills, known for blending folk-rock and hard rock elements.
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E.
Phish
Phish is an American jam band known for its improvisational live performances, genre-blending style, and devoted fan community.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Furthur Target entity description: Furthur was a post-Grateful Dead jam band formed by former members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, known for continuing the Dead’s improvisational psychedelic rock legacy in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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A.
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead was an influential American rock band known for its improvisational live performances, eclectic fusion of musical styles, and devoted fan base known as "Deadheads."
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B.
Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane was a pioneering San Francisco rock band of the 1960s, best known for its influential role in the psychedelic rock movement and hits like "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit."
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C.
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield was an influential 1960s American rock band known for pioneering folk rock and launching the careers of several major artists, including Neil Young and Stephen Stills.
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D.
The Stills-Young Band
The Stills-Young Band was a short-lived 1970s rock collaboration between Neil Young and Stephen Stills, known for blending folk-rock and hard rock elements.
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E.
Phish
Phish is an American jam band known for its improvisational live performances, genre-blending style, and devoted fan community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American musical group
ⓘ
jam band ⓘ rock band ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 2010s
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late 2000s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jerry Garcia’s musical legacy
ⓘ
Terrapin Station Foundation ⓘ |
| basedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| continued |
Grateful Dead improvisational tradition
ⓘ
Grateful Dead psychedelic rock legacy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| endTime | 2014 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Bob Weir
ⓘ
Phil Lesh ⓘ |
| genre |
jam band music
ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasFanBase |
Deadheads
ⓘ
linked to:
Grateful Dead
|
| hasFormerMember |
Jay Lane
ⓘ
Kenny Brooks ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bob Weir
ⓘ
Jeff Chimenti ⓘ Jeff Pehrson ⓘ Joe Russo ⓘ John Kadlecik ⓘ Phil Lesh ⓘ Sunshine Becker ⓘ |
| hasTour |
2009 fall tour
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2010 spring tour ⓘ 2011 summer tour ⓘ 2012 summer tour ⓘ 2013 summer tour ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Grateful Dead ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Furthur (Ken Kesey’s bus)
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linked to:
Furthur (Merry Pranksters bus)
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| notableEvent |
Bobby and Phil’s Terrapin Crossroads-related performances
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New Year’s Eve shows ⓘ multi-night runs at the Capitol Theatre ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Grateful Dead song interpretations
ⓘ
live improvisational performances ⓘ |
| performerOf |
Grateful Dead catalog
ⓘ
original songs ⓘ |
| sharesMemberWith |
Grateful Dead
ⓘ
Phil Lesh and Friends ⓘ RatDog ⓘ |
| startTime | 2009 ⓘ |
| usesMusicalStyle |
extended improvisation
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setlist variation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Furthur Description of subject: Furthur was a post-Grateful Dead jam band formed by former members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, known for continuing the Dead’s improvisational psychedelic rock legacy in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Furthur