The Stray Gators
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The Stray Gators were Neil Young’s backing band in the early 1970s, best known for playing on his acclaimed album "Harvest" and its subsequent tours.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Stray Gators canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5374569 — 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: The Stray Gators Context triple: [Harvest, contributor, The Stray Gators]
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A.
Gator Nation
Gator Nation is the widespread community of University of Florida students, alumni, fans, and supporters united by their association with the Florida Gators.
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B.
The Rowdy Reptiles
The Rowdy Reptiles are the passionate and boisterous student section known for energizing home games of the Florida Gators football team.
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C.
Yard Goats
Yard Goats is the short name for the Hartford Yard Goats, a Minor League Baseball team based in Hartford, Connecticut.
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D.
Gator
Gator is the alligator-themed mascot representing San Francisco State University's athletic teams and school spirit.
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E.
Gator
Gator is the alligator-themed mascot representing Escambia High School’s athletic teams and school spirit.
- 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: The Stray Gators Target entity description: The Stray Gators were Neil Young’s backing band in the early 1970s, best known for playing on his acclaimed album "Harvest" and its subsequent tours.
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A.
Gator Nation
Gator Nation is the widespread community of University of Florida students, alumni, fans, and supporters united by their association with the Florida Gators.
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B.
The Rowdy Reptiles
The Rowdy Reptiles are the passionate and boisterous student section known for energizing home games of the Florida Gators football team.
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C.
Yard Goats
Yard Goats is the short name for the Hartford Yard Goats, a Minor League Baseball team based in Hartford, Connecticut.
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D.
Gator
Gator is the alligator-themed mascot representing Escambia High School’s athletic teams and school spirit.
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E.
Gator
Gator is the alligator-themed mascot representing San Francisco State University's athletic teams and school spirit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | backing band ⓘ |
| activePeriod | early 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backedArtistOnTour | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor |
backing Neil Young on the album "Harvest"
ⓘ
touring with Neil Young in support of "Harvest" ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Ben Keith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Nitzsche NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Buttrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Drummond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaborationRole |
studio backing band
ⓘ
touring backing band ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| era | 1970s rock scene ⓘ |
| genre |
country rock
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | contributed to the sound of Neil Young’s breakthrough commercial success "Harvest" ⓘ |
| instrumentationIncludes |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ pedal steel guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| member |
Ben Keith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Nitzsche NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Buttrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Drummond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfTour | Neil Young "Harvest" tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLiveReleases | performances featured on Neil Young live recordings from early 1970s ⓘ |
| notableSongPerformances |
"Alabama"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
"Heart of Gold" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Old Man" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Out on the Weekend" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Words (Between the Lines of Age)" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Neil Young – "Harvest" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Neil Young’s backing ensembles ⓘ |
| recordedWithLabel | Reprise Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
combination of acoustic and electric arrangements
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laid-back country-influenced sound ⓘ use of pedal steel guitar ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Stray Gators Description of subject: The Stray Gators were Neil Young’s backing band in the early 1970s, best known for playing on his acclaimed album "Harvest" and its subsequent tours.
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