Walter Trout
E442036
Walter Trout is an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his fiery playing style and work as both a solo artist and former member of Canned Heat and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walter Trout canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4454483 — 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: Walter Trout Context triple: [Hey Joe, hasNotableCoverArtist, Walter Trout]
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A.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his virtuosic playing and revival of modern electric blues.
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B.
James Williamson
James Williamson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his influential work with the proto-punk band The Stooges, particularly on their landmark album "Raw Power."
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C.
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa is an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his virtuosic playing, extensive solo discography, and modern revival of classic blues styles.
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D.
Deryck Guyler
Deryck Guyler was a British character actor and comedian best known for his roles in mid-20th-century radio and television sitcoms.
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E.
Robert Slaughter
Robert Slaughter was the husband of longtime U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter.
- 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: Walter Trout Target entity description: Walter Trout is an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his fiery playing style and work as both a solo artist and former member of Canned Heat and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
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A.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his virtuosic playing and revival of modern electric blues.
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B.
James Williamson
James Williamson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his influential work with the proto-punk band The Stooges, particularly on their landmark album "Raw Power."
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C.
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa is an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his virtuosic playing, extensive solo discography, and modern revival of classic blues styles.
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D.
Deryck Guyler
Deryck Guyler was a British character actor and comedian best known for his roles in mid-20th-century radio and television sitcoms.
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E.
Robert Slaughter
Robert Slaughter was the husband of longtime U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues musician
ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Canned Heat
NERFINISHED
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John Mayall NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Trout Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Blues Music Award for Rock Blues Album of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-03-06 ⓘ |
| familyName | Trout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Walter Trout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
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blues rock ⓘ electric blues ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| instrument |
electric guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Canned Heat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | underwent liver transplant in 2014 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album "Battle Scars"
NERFINISHED
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album "Blues for the Modern Daze" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Common Ground" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Go the Distance" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Life in the Jungle" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Ordinary Madness" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Prisoner of a Dream" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Relentless" ⓘ album "Ride" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Survivor Blues" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Tellin' Stories" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "The Blues Came Callin'" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "The Outsider" ⓘ album "Transition" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Unspoiled by Progress" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "We’re All in This Together" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
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singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ocean City, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Mascot Label Group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Provogue Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | fiery guitar playing ⓘ |
| website | https://www.waltertrout.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Walter Trout Description of subject: Walter Trout is an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his fiery playing style and work as both a solo artist and former member of Canned Heat and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.