Bob Dylan and The Band

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collaborative musical project rock music group touring act

Bob Dylan and The Band is a collaborative rock group formed when singer-songwriter Bob Dylan joined forces with the Canadian-American roots rock ensemble The Band, known for their influential tours and recordings in the late 1960s and 1970s.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Band	21
Bob Dylan and The Band canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T150387 — 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: Bob Dylan and The Band
Context triple: [Bob Dylan, memberOf, Bob Dylan and The Band]

A. Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an influential American singer-songwriter and cultural icon whose poetic lyrics and groundbreaking work in popular music earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature.
B. Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen is an American rock singer-songwriter and bandleader, famed for his poetic, working-class anthems and energetic performances with the E Street Band.
C. Devo Springsteen
Devo Springsteen is a Grammy-winning American record producer and songwriter known for his work with artists such as John Legend and Kanye West.
D. Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell is a highly influential Canadian singer-songwriter and painter renowned for her poetic lyrics, innovative compositions, and landmark albums such as "Blue" and "Court and Spark."
E. Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, and producer best known for his innovative work in pop and rock music, including his collaborations with artists like Brian Wilson and Joanna Newsom.
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: Bob Dylan and The Band
Target entity description: Bob Dylan and The Band is a collaborative rock group formed when singer-songwriter Bob Dylan joined forces with the Canadian-American roots rock ensemble The Band, known for their influential tours and recordings in the late 1960s and 1970s.

A. Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an influential American singer-songwriter and cultural icon whose poetic lyrics and groundbreaking work in popular music earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature.
B. Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen is an American rock singer-songwriter and bandleader, famed for his poetic, working-class anthems and energetic performances with the E Street Band.
C. Devo Springsteen
Devo Springsteen is a Grammy-winning American record producer and songwriter known for his work with artists such as John Legend and Kanye West.
D. Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell is a highly influential Canadian singer-songwriter and painter renowned for her poetic lyrics, innovative compositions, and landmark albums such as "Blue" and "Court and Spark."
E. Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, and producer best known for his innovative work in pop and rock music, including his collaborations with artists like Brian Wilson and Joanna Newsom.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collaborative musical project ⓘ rock music group ⓘ touring act ⓘ
activePeriodStart	1965 ⓘ
associatedAct	Bob Dylan ⓘ Bob Dylan and The Band self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Band
backingBandFor	Bob Dylan ⓘ
collaborationBetween	singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and roots rock group The Band ⓘ
collaborationType	live performance collaboration ⓘ studio recording collaboration ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	1970s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ
formedFrom	The Hawks ⓘ
genre	folk rock ⓘ rock ⓘ roots rock ⓘ
hasMember	Bob Dylan ⓘ Garth Hudson ⓘ Levon Helm ⓘ Richard Manuel ⓘ Rick Danko ⓘ Robbie Robertson ⓘ
historicalSignificance	influential in development of roots rock sound ⓘ pioneered electric folk rock in live performance ⓘ
influencedGenre	Americana ⓘ country rock ⓘ
notableFor	1965–1966 world tour with electric backing ⓘ 1966 world tour with The Hawks ⓘ 1967 Basement Tapes recordings ⓘ 1974 comeback tour of Bob Dylan ⓘ live album Before the Flood ⓘ
notableTourLocation	Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ
notableWork	Before the Flood ⓘ 1967 Basement Tapes recordings ⓘ surface form: The Basement Tapes
performanceRoleOfBobDylan	guitarist ⓘ harmonica player ⓘ lead vocalist ⓘ
performanceRoleOfTheBand	electric backing group for Bob Dylan ⓘ
recordedWith	Columbia Records ⓘ
tourName	1974 Bob Dylan and The Band Tour ⓘ

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