Will McFarlane
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Will McFarlane is an American guitarist and session musician known for his work in rock, blues, and Christian music, including collaborations with artists like Bonnie Raitt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Will McFarlane canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22499568 — 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: Will McFarlane Context triple: [The Heart of Gold Band, hasMember, Will McFarlane]
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A.
James McFarlane
James McFarlane was an American militia officer and prominent insurgent commander during the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s.
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B.
Gene McFadden
Gene McFadden was an American songwriter and producer best known as half of the soul duo McFadden & Whitehead, who helped shape the sound of 1970s Philadelphia soul.
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C.
Bik McFarlane
Bik McFarlane is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army member best known for his role as the officer commanding IRA prisoners during the 1981 Irish hunger strike in the Maze Prison.
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D.
Jeff Pilson
Jeff Pilson is an American bassist and producer best known for his work with the rock bands Dokken and Foreigner.
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E.
Hugh McDonald
Hugh McDonald is an American bass guitarist best known for his long-time work with the rock band Bon Jovi.
- 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: Will McFarlane Target entity description: Will McFarlane is an American guitarist and session musician known for his work in rock, blues, and Christian music, including collaborations with artists like Bonnie Raitt.
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A.
James McFarlane
James McFarlane was an American militia officer and prominent insurgent commander during the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s.
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B.
Gene McFadden
Gene McFadden was an American songwriter and producer best known as half of the soul duo McFadden & Whitehead, who helped shape the sound of 1970s Philadelphia soul.
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C.
Bik McFarlane
Bik McFarlane is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army member best known for his role as the officer commanding IRA prisoners during the 1981 Irish hunger strike in the Maze Prison.
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D.
Jeff Pilson
Jeff Pilson is an American bassist and producer best known for his work with the rock bands Dokken and Foreigner.
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E.
Hugh McDonald
Hugh McDonald is an American bass guitarist best known for his long-time work with the rock band Bon Jovi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.