Tony Rice
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Tony Rice was a highly influential American bluegrass guitarist and singer renowned for his innovative flatpicking style and contributions to progressive bluegrass and acoustic music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tony Rice canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4372674 — 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: Tony Rice Context triple: [Doc Watson, influenced, Tony Rice]
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A.
Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas is an acclaimed American dobro and lap steel guitar player renowned for his innovative contributions to bluegrass and country music.
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B.
Johnny Brett
Johnny Brett is a talented but underappreciated tap dancer and one of the central protagonists in the classic musical film "Broadway Melody of 1940."
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C.
Sam Bush
Sam Bush is an influential American mandolinist and singer, often called the “King of Newgrass” for pioneering the progressive bluegrass movement.
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D.
Livingston Taylor
Livingston Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his folk-pop music, gentle vocal style, and long career as both a performer and music educator.
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E.
Doc Watson
Doc Watson was an influential American guitarist and singer whose virtuosic flatpicking and deep repertoire of traditional songs helped shape the 20th-century folk and bluegrass landscape.
- 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: Tony Rice Target entity description: Tony Rice was a highly influential American bluegrass guitarist and singer renowned for his innovative flatpicking style and contributions to progressive bluegrass and acoustic music.
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A.
Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas is an acclaimed American dobro and lap steel guitar player renowned for his innovative contributions to bluegrass and country music.
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B.
Johnny Brett
Johnny Brett is a talented but underappreciated tap dancer and one of the central protagonists in the classic musical film "Broadway Melody of 1940."
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C.
Sam Bush
Sam Bush is an influential American mandolinist and singer, often called the “King of Newgrass” for pioneering the progressive bluegrass movement.
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D.
Livingston Taylor
Livingston Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his folk-pop music, gentle vocal style, and long career as both a performer and music educator.
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E.
Doc Watson
Doc Watson was an influential American guitarist and singer whose virtuosic flatpicking and deep repertoire of traditional songs helped shape the 20th-century folk and bluegrass landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bluegrass guitarist
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human ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2010s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bluegrass Album Band
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Béla Fleck NERFINISHED ⓘ J. D. Crowe & the New South NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Rowan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricky Skaggs NERFINISHED ⓘ The David Grisman Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tony Rice Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance
NERFINISHED
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International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame induction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiac arrest ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-06-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-12-25 ⓘ |
| fullName | David Anthony Rice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
acoustic music
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bluegrass ⓘ new acoustic music ⓘ progressive bluegrass ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Billy Strings
NERFINISHED
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Bryan Sutton NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Eldridge NERFINISHED ⓘ modern bluegrass guitarists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Clarence White
NERFINISHED
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Doc Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | guitar ⓘ |
| knownFor | blending jazz and folk influences into bluegrass guitar ⓘ |
| nickname | Tony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to progressive bluegrass
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influence on modern acoustic guitar playing ⓘ innovative flatpicking guitar style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album "Church Street Blues"
NERFINISHED
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album "Cold on the Shoulder" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Manzanita" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "The Bluegrass Album" (with Bluegrass Album Band) NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Tony Rice" (1977) ⓘ album "Unit of Measure" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
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musician ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Danville, Virginia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Reidsville, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Rebel Records
NERFINISHED
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Rounder Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Sugar Hill Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Reidsville, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalRange | baritone ⓘ |
| voiceDisorder | muscle tension dysphonia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tony Rice Description of subject: Tony Rice was a highly influential American bluegrass guitarist and singer renowned for his innovative flatpicking style and contributions to progressive bluegrass and acoustic music.
Referenced by (5)
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