J.D. Crowe & The New South

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bluegrass band musical group

J.D. Crowe & The New South was an influential bluegrass band led by banjo player J.D. Crowe, known for modernizing the genre with innovative arrangements and a lineup that included future stars like Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
J.D. Crowe & The New South canonical	2
J. D. Crowe & the New South	1
J.D. Crowe & The New South (Rounder 0044)	1
The Tony Rice Unit	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12672140 — 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: J.D. Crowe & The New South
Context triple: [Rounder Records, notableArtist, J.D. Crowe & The New South]

A. The Del McCoury Band
The Del McCoury Band is a renowned American bluegrass group led by singer and guitarist Del McCoury, celebrated for its high-energy traditional style and influential role in modern bluegrass music.
B. Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show is an American string band known for revitalizing old-time folk and Americana music, particularly through their hit rendition of “Wagon Wheel.”
C. Patterson Hood
Patterson Hood is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a co-founder and frontman of the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers.
D. The Infamous Stringdusters
The Infamous Stringdusters are an American progressive bluegrass band known for their virtuosic musicianship, genre-blending sound, and critically acclaimed recordings.
E. The Travelin' McCourys
The Travelin' McCourys are a progressive bluegrass band formed by the sons and bandmates of legendary bluegrass musician Del McCoury, known for blending traditional bluegrass with contemporary influences.
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: J.D. Crowe & The New South
Target entity description: J.D. Crowe & The New South was an influential bluegrass band led by banjo player J.D. Crowe, known for modernizing the genre with innovative arrangements and a lineup that included future stars like Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice.

A. The Del McCoury Band
The Del McCoury Band is a renowned American bluegrass group led by singer and guitarist Del McCoury, celebrated for its high-energy traditional style and influential role in modern bluegrass music.
B. Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show is an American string band known for revitalizing old-time folk and Americana music, particularly through their hit rendition of “Wagon Wheel.”
C. Patterson Hood
Patterson Hood is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a co-founder and frontman of the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers.
D. The Infamous Stringdusters
The Infamous Stringdusters are an American progressive bluegrass band known for their virtuosic musicianship, genre-blending sound, and critically acclaimed recordings.
E. The Travelin' McCourys
The Travelin' McCourys are a progressive bluegrass band formed by the sons and bandmates of legendary bluegrass musician Del McCoury, known for blending traditional bluegrass with contemporary influences.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bluegrass band ⓘ musical group ⓘ
activeFrom	early 1970s ⓘ
activeUntil	2010s ⓘ
associatedAct	Keith Whitley ⓘ Ricky Skaggs ⓘ The Bluegrass Album Band ⓘ Tony Rice ⓘ
basedIn	Lexington, Kentucky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
genre	bluegrass ⓘ progressive bluegrass ⓘ
hasMember	Bobby Slone ⓘ Don Rigsby ⓘ Doyle Lawson ⓘ Dwight McCall ⓘ Harold Nixon ⓘ J.D. Crowe ⓘ linked to: J. D. Crowe Jerry Douglas ⓘ Jimmy Gaudreau ⓘ Keith Whitley ⓘ Phil Leadbetter ⓘ Richard Bennett ⓘ Rickey Wasson ⓘ Ricky Skaggs ⓘ Tony Rice ⓘ
influencedGenre	modern bluegrass ⓘ new acoustic music ⓘ
instrumentation	banjo ⓘ dobro ⓘ fiddle ⓘ guitar ⓘ mandolin ⓘ upright bass ⓘ
knownFor	highly influential 1975 Rounder 0044 album ⓘ integrating contemporary country and folk material into bluegrass ⓘ modernizing traditional bluegrass arrangements ⓘ
leader	J.D. Crowe ⓘ linked to: J. D. Crowe
notableMemberRole	J.D. Crowe – banjo, bandleader ⓘ Jerry Douglas – dobro ⓘ Keith Whitley – guitar, vocals ⓘ Ricky Skaggs – mandolin, fiddle, vocals ⓘ linked to: Ricky Skaggs Tony Rice – guitar, lead vocals ⓘ linked to: Tony Rice
notableWork	Blackjack ⓘ J.D. Crowe & The New South (Rounder 0044) ⓘ linked to: J.D. Crowe & The New South My Home Ain’t In the Hall of Fame ⓘ Somewhere Between ⓘ Straight Ahead ⓘ
recordLabel	King Bluegrass Records ⓘ Rebel Records ⓘ Rounder Records ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rounder Records → notableArtist → J.D. Crowe & The New South ⓘ

Keith Whitley → associatedAct → J.D. Crowe & The New South ⓘ

Tony Rice → associatedAct → J. D. Crowe & the New South ⓘ

linked to: J.D. Crowe & The New South

Tony Rice → associatedAct → The Tony Rice Unit ⓘ

linked to: J.D. Crowe & The New South

J.D. Crowe & The New South → notableWork → J.D. Crowe & The New South (Rounder 0044) ⓘ

linked to: J.D. Crowe & The New South

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