Garry Shider

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guitarist human musician songwriter

Garry Shider was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic collective and his influential role in shaping the P-Funk sound.

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Label	Occurrences
Garry Shider canonical	5

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5627280 — 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: Garry Shider
Context triple: [So Many Tears, writer, Garry Shider]

A. Garry Kief
Garry Kief is an American television producer and longtime manager of singer Barry Manilow.
B. Ray Shostak
Ray Shostak is a British public policy and performance management expert known for his leadership roles in government, including directing initiatives to improve public service delivery.
C. Mike Sokolsky
Mike Sokolsky is a co-founder of the online education platform Udacity, known for its technology-focused courses and nanodegree programs.
D. Max Zaritsky
Max Zaritsky was an American labor leader and union organizer who played a key role in the early development of industrial unionism in the United States.
E. Marc Mezvinsky
Marc Mezvinsky is an American investment banker best known as the husband of Chelsea Clinton and son-in-law of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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: Garry Shider
Target entity description: Garry Shider was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic collective and his influential role in shaping the P-Funk sound.

A. Garry Kief
Garry Kief is an American television producer and longtime manager of singer Barry Manilow.
B. Ray Shostak
Ray Shostak is a British public policy and performance management expert known for his leadership roles in government, including directing initiatives to improve public service delivery.
C. Mike Sokolsky
Mike Sokolsky is a co-founder of the online education platform Udacity, known for its technology-focused courses and nanodegree programs.
D. Max Zaritsky
Max Zaritsky was an American labor leader and union organizer who played a key role in the early development of industrial unionism in the United States.
E. Marc Mezvinsky
Marc Mezvinsky is an American investment banker best known as the husband of Chelsea Clinton and son-in-law of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	2010 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	late 1960s ⓘ
associatedAct	Bernie Worrell ⓘ Bootsy Collins ⓘ George Clinton ⓘ P-Funk All Stars ⓘ linked to: P-Funk
awardReceived	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction (1997, as member of Parliament-Funkadelic) ⓘ linked to: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
birthDate	1953-07-24 ⓘ
birthPlace	Plainfield, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	lung cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2010-06-16 ⓘ
deathPlace	Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland, United States ⓘ linked to: Upper Marlboro, Maryland
ethnicity	African-American ⓘ
familyName	Shider ⓘ
fullName	Garry Marshall Shider ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ funk ⓘ soul ⓘ
givenName	Garry ⓘ
instrument	guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ
knownFor	elaborate stage costumes including a diaper ⓘ shaping the P-Funk sound ⓘ
memberOf	Funkadelic ⓘ linked to: Parliament-Funkadelic Parliament ⓘ Parliament-Funkadelic ⓘ
movement	P-Funk ⓘ
notableAchievement	inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Parliament-Funkadelic ⓘ
notableRole	bandleader in the P-Funk collective ⓘ musical director for Parliament-Funkadelic ⓘ
notableSongwritingContribution	co-writing several Parliament-Funkadelic songs ⓘ
notableWork	Chocolate City (as a member of Parliament) ⓘ Cosmic Slop (as a member of Funkadelic) ⓘ linked to: Cosmic Slop Maggot Brain (as a member of Funkadelic) ⓘ linked to: Maggot Brain Mothership Connection (as a member of Parliament) ⓘ One Nation Under a Groove (as a member of Funkadelic) ⓘ linked to: One Nation Under a Groove
occupation	guitarist ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
recordLabel	Casablanca Records ⓘ Westbound Records ⓘ
residence	Plainfield, New Jersey, United States ⓘ Washington, D.C. area, United States ⓘ linked to: Washington metropolitan area

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

So Many Tears → writer → Garry Shider ⓘ

Parliament-Funkadelic → notableMember → Garry Shider ⓘ

Who Am I? (What’s My Name?) → writer → Garry Shider ⓘ

subject linked to: single "Who Am I? (What’s My Name?)"

Let It Go → writer → Garry Shider ⓘ

Parliament → hasMember → Garry Shider ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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