Meaning of Sideman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A soloist playing with a band or group of which he is not a regular member.
2. Somebody who is unimportant or irrelevant.
   Multicultural-London-English, derogatory

Equivalents

Examples

“I link for the peng, then I go link for the mud / I just stepped on the ends, sideman don't give me no spud”

“She told me she loved me, I was like when? Treated me like a sideman back then”

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