Talk:Sideman

Merge Sideman with Session musician?
Not sure why - they are not exactly the same. My understanding is sidemen perform in concert and session musicians generally do not leave the studio. What would you call the combined article? Cricket02 04:01, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree - I don't think they should be merged. The situation for a sideman is totally different than a session musician. - AKeen 06:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree that the two should remain separate articles. It would be useful if someone could write a short, concise description of the difference between the two terms that could be used at the beginning of each article. Engineer Bob 01:05, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I believe there is enough consensus against on both talk pages. I am removing the merge tag.  Cricket02 07:22, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Butch Taylor, of the Dave Matthews Band
What is the status of Butch Taylor, the keyboardist who has played and recorded with the Dave Matthews Band for many years, but is not considered an "official" member of the band? Is he a sideman? A guest musician? A band member? Something else?

--EngineerScotty (talk) 21:53, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

I found this today
Goffin has played with other known musicians as a side-woman. I linked it (side-woman)  to here but am wondering if "side-woman" is a real word or if "sideman" is actually one of those unfortunate gender neutral words that we learn to live with. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 15:54, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

I am not happy about some of this stuff

 * "Some examples of this are:
 * James Burton and Glen D. Hardin, playing guitar and keyboards respectively, who initially performed in the backing band for Elvis Presley, also backed Gram Parsons before joining newcomer Rodney Crowell and veteran Albert Lee in Emmylou Harris' "Hot Band". Don Henley and Glenn Frey were in the initial backup band for Linda Ronstadt, which toured in support of her eponymous debut album.

This makes it sound as if James Burton started as playing in Elvis' back-up band, not right. Also Linda Ronstadt's "eponymous" album was not her debut album. Also also was he not just a sideman with Emmylou Harris too? I'm about ready to remove this whole section unless I hear from someone who cares. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 01:17, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I just removed this section:
 * Robin Finck, guitarist for Guns and Roses and Nine Inch Nails
 * He doesn't really sound like a sideman. Carptrash (talk) 15:19, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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Wrong link to John Paul Jones
The link points to the American naval commander (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones) instead of the musician (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones_(musician)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2806:103E:17:3152:FDDB:B17F:81A2:73F8 (talk) 04:33, 30 December 2020 (UTC)