Check out my totally mediocre playing!

Travis Lyon · Post by **Travis Lyon** » 28 Mar 2014 3:25 pm

Hey guys, I've only been playing a bit under 2 years and guitar is my main gig, but here's some live work I did with a local singer here in DC, Tom McBride. Forgive the one clam in the solo, which comes in at around 2:00. Feel free to give me constructive criticism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdvuxgiGiUk

Tony Tipton · Post by **Tony Tipton** » 28 Mar 2014 4:00 pm

Nice playin' Travis !

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 28 Mar 2014 4:05 pm

Sounds good!

Les Cargill · Post by **Les Cargill** » 28 Mar 2014 6:05 pm

Nice! Next time ask the bass player if he wants to borrow your tuner.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 29 Mar 2014 4:15 am

Sounds pretty good! Stick with it, you and that band have a lot going for you, IMHO.

Curt Trisko · Post by **Curt Trisko** » 29 Mar 2014 6:04 am

I really enjoyed it.

Dick Wood · Post by **Dick Wood** » 29 Mar 2014 6:19 am

You're really doing great. Good fills right where they should be and what you're playing fits the song well. You're on the road to becoming a good steel player so keep up the good work.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 29 Mar 2014 6:32 am

I really like how you play.

Val Drummond · Post by **Val Drummond** » 29 Mar 2014 6:50 am

I enjoyed the tune Travis. So much, that I bought the CD.
Thanks for posting your steel music.

Val

Ed Heins · Post by **Ed Heins** » 29 Mar 2014 11:09 am

I didn't hear any problems in the solo. I only hope I am that good at 2 years. Great song as well.

Travis Lyon · Post by **Travis Lyon** » 30 Mar 2014 10:32 am

Thanks for the kind words, I just got out of the studio with my other band and it is more straight forward country, once it's mastered I'll be sure to share it on here. The studio album that the song in the original post is from is really great, I'm not on it, but the players are fantastic and it's very well produced. Lyle Brewer, the guitarist on the album "Morning in Glen Burnie", is really a tasteful virtuoso, and at times sounds more pedal steel-like than a pedal steel.

Tim Whitlock · Post by **Tim Whitlock** » 1 Apr 2014 7:17 pm

Fun isn't it?

Duncan Hodge · Post by **Duncan Hodge** » 2 Apr 2014 2:11 pm

Travis, that was great. It was perfect for the song and, as a bonus, I really liked the song. Where in Jersey are you located? I only ask on account of I spent 15 years in the Mercer/Monmouth area. When I lived there I thought I was the only guy who liked country music.
Keep on playing...Duncan

Dave Hepworth · Post by **Dave Hepworth** » 6 Apr 2014 8:15 am

Hi Travis ,
Your playing sounds wonderful.No problems and fits the song great.The inherent steel tone is very sweet too .What steel is it .
Dave

Jimbo Watkins · Post by **Jimbo Watkins** » 6 Apr 2014 5:33 pm

Very nice indeed!

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 7 Apr 2014 10:31 am

Sounds great! The two year mark is a big milestone.

Pretty sure its an MSA Steel because I saw "Supersustain" written on the pickup...and somehow, against the expectation of the wisdom of public opinion, it sounds just as it should!