Derek Trucks
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Derek Trucks is an American guitarist renowned for his slide guitar work, leadership of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and acclaimed tenure with the Allman Brothers Band.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Derek Trucks canonical | 44 |
| Derek Trucks (guitar) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2281689 — 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: Derek Trucks Context triple: [The Allman Brothers Band, member, Derek Trucks]
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A.
Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes is an American rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Gov't Mule and his influential role in the Southern rock scene.
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B.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his virtuosic playing and revival of modern electric blues.
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C.
Jimmy Herring
Jimmy Herring is an American rock and jazz fusion guitarist best known for his virtuosic work with bands like Widespread Panic, Aquarium Rescue Unit, and various jam-rock supergroups.
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D.
Derek Trucks Band
The Derek Trucks Band is a blues-rock and jam band led by slide guitar virtuoso Derek Trucks, known for blending rock, blues, jazz, and world music influences.
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E.
Sam Bush
Sam Bush is an influential American mandolinist and singer, often called the “King of Newgrass” for pioneering the progressive bluegrass movement.
- 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: Derek Trucks Target entity description: Derek Trucks is an American guitarist renowned for his slide guitar work, leadership of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and acclaimed tenure with the Allman Brothers Band.
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A.
Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes is an American rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Gov't Mule and his influential role in the Southern rock scene.
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B.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his virtuosic playing and revival of modern electric blues.
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C.
Jimmy Herring
Jimmy Herring is an American rock and jazz fusion guitarist best known for his virtuosic work with bands like Widespread Panic, Aquarium Rescue Unit, and various jam-rock supergroups.
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D.
Derek Trucks Band
The Derek Trucks Band is a blues-rock and jam band led by slide guitar virtuoso Derek Trucks, known for blending rock, blues, jazz, and world music influences.
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E.
Sam Bush
Sam Bush is an influential American mandolinist and singer, often called the “King of Newgrass” for pioneering the progressive bluegrass movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Eric Clapton
ⓘ
Gov't Mule ⓘ
linked to:
Gov’t Mule
Tedeschi Trucks Band ⓘ The Allman Brothers Band ⓘ The Derek Trucks Band ⓘ
linked to:
Derek Trucks Band
Warren Haynes ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Blues Album
ⓘ
linked to:
Grammy Award for blues music
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1979-06-08 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Jacksonville, Florida
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Trucks ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
blues rock ⓘ jam band ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ southern rock ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| givenName | Derek ⓘ |
| hasRole |
bandleader of The Derek Trucks Band
ⓘ
co-leader of Tedeschi Trucks Band ⓘ guitarist for The Allman Brothers Band ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
slide guitar ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Tedeschi Trucks Band
ⓘ
The Allman Brothers Band ⓘ The Derek Trucks Band ⓘ
linked to:
Derek Trucks Band
|
| name | Derek Trucks ⓘ |
| notableFor | slide guitar work ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Already Free
ⓘ
Revelator ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Legacy Recordings ⓘ Sony Music ⓘ
linked to:
Sony Music Entertainment
|
| relative | Butch Trucks ⓘ |
| residence |
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Jacksonville, Florida
|
| spouse | Susan Tedeschi ⓘ |
| startActivity | 1990s ⓘ |
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: Derek Trucks Description of subject: Derek Trucks is an American guitarist renowned for his slide guitar work, leadership of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and acclaimed tenure with the Allman Brothers Band.
Referenced by (45)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.