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The Book of Sameze aka The Sam Moss Dictionary (A work in progress)

"Any questions?" and "Quite lovely"= Said after a particularly good performance.
"Rang" and "stang"= Two different ways of accenting a guitar chord.
'I am an equal opportunity offender'
A Hat= Any expert on nothing with an opinion on everything. ("If I have to listen to one more Hat this afternoon, I'm closing the store and going home.")
A Suit= A business person
Acoustic windows = manual crank windows on a car
Beef= Anything eaten or drained of particular intensity. ("That glass seems a bit dry; let me pour you some beef.")
Bending Wire = playing guitar (properly)
Big Doin's
Blues Approved= usually bestowed on but not limited to a person, musical instrument or venue. But really just about anything could be blues approved but never without proving oneself through some act or rite of passage
Bottom of the Hill=BP
Car=Your Body
Chicken=MJ
Consider the Source
Dags= His term of endearment for his friends in the musical community. The word will also be instantly familiar to anyone who works with sheep.
Dime, to dime, dimed= All variations of amp on ten, all dials on 10. as in, 'the amp was dimed'.
Dishing= Chatting.
Duck = Doug Williams
Felix= the G&L ASAT. Gtr #1 for The Sams and LTPE
Get on one=To have a few drinks.
Getting the Vapors= having an emotional response to a particular thing like a piece of music or performance
Gimmie a squawk=call me
Good Wood = good guitar
Gritar=Guitar
Hit the Note=Played Great
Honkin' Sticks = ? guitar?
Horrifying
It's just a corner, Sid; knock it out. = tilting moonshine jar to side so it only touches one corner of bottom; means it's a swallow.
Jun-your/the J R= lead paul junior
Keef = Bonnie
Kennedy's head= Anything to do with the assassination surrounding President John F. Kennedy - the conspiracy theories surrounding that event were one of Moss' great obsessions.
Lead Paul=Les Paul
Led Active = Let's Active
Les Truck=Lesbian Truck Payment Experience
Martha'd or Martha Mitchelled= A long, often late-night phone conversation, the Martha in question referring to the late Martha Mitchell, who was, um, loquacious. If Sam was doing the calling, it was good. If somebody was yakking his ear off....
Mississippi Saxophone=the harmonica
Moss Pit=Sam's House
On the same Jimmy Page= To ensure that all parties are in agreement.
On the Same Jimmy Page=Do We Agree or Are We In the Same Place?
PK = preachers kid
Plumbing=Whether male or female
Po-ta-to Jucie=Vodka
Pop= A beer or a drink.
Redonkulous=utterly ridiculous
Shovel = guitar or bass let me get a different shovel
Stick guitar - acoustic
Stinky=Good
Sufficient Artillery = means to do whatever job correctly, with appropriate show of force; guitars, amps, strings, rocket launchers, hot sauce, etc
Tato= Vodka.
Ted Urgent=Ted Nugent
Thank the Universe=What Sam Did Every Day
The Cans=Headphones
The Dragon - Les Paul with dragon decal owned by George Orthy
The kids will love it=A "Sam-approved" song.
The Loo= The restroom
The Note=The ultimate, the best.
The Pig= the final choice Les Paul re-issue
The Rev = Andrew
To "allow"= Broad meaning, from playing well to giving the floor to someone in conversation or performance.
To "auger in"=A pilot's term for crashing, but applied to anything that went drastically wrong.
To "testify" or to give "testimonial": To speak righteously or perform, especially bestowed upon a powerful groove, solo or song.
Top of the Hill= Burke St.
Vomitor = Cathy Clark
Walk-All-Over-Ya=Wachovia (Bank)
Well F#&k Me Runnin'
West End Nazis= West End Home Association
World view= A viewpoint of life gained from A Confederacy Of Dunces, required reading for anyone in Moss' circle.
WW = Will
Yank Wire=Playing Guitar

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