Match Box Blues
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"Match Box Blues" is a classic early country blues song by Blind Lemon Jefferson, renowned for its expressive vocals, intricate guitar work, and lasting influence on later blues and rock musicians.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Match Box Blues canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7605086 — 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: Match Box Blues Context triple: [Blind Lemon Jefferson, notableWork, Match Box Blues]
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A.
Bell Bottom Blues
"Bell Bottom Blues" is a blues-rock song by Derek and the Dominos, co-written and performed by Eric Clapton, renowned for its emotional guitar work and themes of unrequited love.
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B.
Me and the Blues
Me and the Blues is a jazz and blues vocal album by renowned singer Joe Williams, showcasing his rich baritone voice in a set of soulful, swinging performances.
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C.
Big Blues
Big Blues is the collective name for the athletic teams representing Bluefield State University in collegiate sports competitions.
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D.
Hangman Blues
"Hangman Blues" is a song by Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 lo-fi indie folk album *The Doctor Came at Dawn*.
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E.
Story of the Blues
"Story of the Blues" is a song by English band After Hours, known for its emotive reflection on hardship and resilience in the blues tradition.
- 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: Match Box Blues Target entity description: "Match Box Blues" is a classic early country blues song by Blind Lemon Jefferson, renowned for its expressive vocals, intricate guitar work, and lasting influence on later blues and rock musicians.
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A.
Bell Bottom Blues
"Bell Bottom Blues" is a blues-rock song by Derek and the Dominos, co-written and performed by Eric Clapton, renowned for its emotional guitar work and themes of unrequited love.
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B.
Me and the Blues
Me and the Blues is a jazz and blues vocal album by renowned singer Joe Williams, showcasing his rich baritone voice in a set of soulful, swinging performances.
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C.
Big Blues
Big Blues is the collective name for the athletic teams representing Bluefield State University in collegiate sports competitions.
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D.
Hangman Blues
"Hangman Blues" is a song by Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 lo-fi indie folk album *The Doctor Came at Dawn*.
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E.
Story of the Blues
"Story of the Blues" is a song by English band After Hours, known for its emotive reflection on hardship and resilience in the blues tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
country blues song
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist | Blind Lemon Jefferson ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | early country blues ⓘ |
| composer | Blind Lemon Jefferson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
Texas blues
ⓘ
country blues ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
voice ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
considered a classic of early country blues
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widely covered and adapted by later artists ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
expressive vocals
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intricate guitar work ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric | I’m sittin’ here wonderin’, will a matchbox hold my clothes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
poverty
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restlessness ⓘ romantic trouble ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| influenced |
later blues musicians
ⓘ
later rock musicians ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
blues
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rock music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Blind Lemon Jefferson ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Blind Lemon Jefferson ⓘ |
| performer | Blind Lemon Jefferson ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Paramount Records ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Match Box Blues Description of subject: "Match Box Blues" is a classic early country blues song by Blind Lemon Jefferson, renowned for its expressive vocals, intricate guitar work, and lasting influence on later blues and rock musicians.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.