And a HELL of a song it is! Thanks for making this video and sharing the background of the song. You're welcome anytime on the channel, my friend. SO glad so many people have found you, and that you use your time and efforts to help as much as you do. Thanks for that my friend.
First of all Michael, I found your youtube channel one day as I am a guitarist and your channel is great. Thank you for doing what you do. Let me tell you when I heard this song it just brought me to tears as I am not great at expressing myself in words which is probably why I play guitar but this song really spoke to me. I just wanted to thank you both for your videos and the song and thank you for the explanation Travis.
Thank you, Michael, for reacting to the song. I probably wouldn’t have ever heard it if you hadn’t. There is slouch good music that ever gets a fair shot.
I am a single father of an 11-year old boy and I have struggled with alcoholism and addiction pretty much all my adult life. I am a self-employed, one-man acoustic show. In the last 4 years, I have lost a daughter-in-law to addiction (at 22 years old), caught my wife in bed with another man so I packed up myself and our son and moved to another town, and then last October I lost my mother to Covid. It's been rough. I spend many nights in my recliner falling asleep to RUclips. One time I woke up to the Michael Palmisano video of him reviewing "Sideways". I cried like a baby. You sir are an AMAZING songwriter and now I try to catch all the Travis Meadows media I can. I perform "Sideways" regularly now. It's just the kind of therapy I needed. Thank you, sir! Please come to Iowa and put on a show! Johnny Whicker, Oskaloosa, IA.
This guy is a treasure! The real freaking deal. Sings it, says it just like he’s lived it. No fluff, no frills just life. Cheers. God Speed on your recovery. 🙏
Been in music for over 25yrs and I don't ever recall a song move me the way Sideways does. It's a lyrical masterpiece. So many lines that make you pause the music and contemplate what you as the song writer are expressing to us. It's incredible man. It really is. Like many, I found you through Palmisano's channel and I'm so glad I did. Looking forward to going through your music and enjoying. God bless you on your recovery Travis. Now I'm going watch your hour-long interview with Michael...lol.
This song spoke to me. what do you do when you cant right the wrong? I'm a recovered alcoholic 16 years sober. the pain you sing is real. I've lived it. thank you Travis for this truth.
I sent the song to my dad and said I think you should listen to this. Every lyric in that song hit him hard. He's in his 60s now and has had... a life, Of trouble and hardship. And his reply broke my heart. He said. "I need you to play that at my funeral, Because it says sorry to everyone better than I could" So thank you Travis, From us both.
I found your music through that Michael Palmisano reaction. He's a good guy (as far as I can tell through YT) and while technically talented, he also "gets it." I'm thankful he shared your music and thankful for you sharing your gift (and this backstory).
Thanks Travis! Hope you are doing well & Sideways brought back early childhood memories. Now at 65 I’ve learned the song and play it often. Thanks again!
Travis, I am a Songwriter from Texas and a Baptist preacher for 28 years. I love Sideways. I come from a Honky Tonk Daddy and a Church goin Mama. I got saved at 7, went through childhood trauma x 10 and came out the other side playing rock and country, taking psychedelics and partying until Jesus gave me an ultimatum. I surrendered and have preached the gospel for 28 years, but I’m writing songs and playing again and it’s good. I’m praying for you to get back to feeling and sounding like you. Your songs hit me where Guy’s do. Keep up the amazing work, brother.
I saw his review and that's how I heard about you and your songs. His reaction was so raw and honest and emotionally moving. Praying for you and your complete recover
We (my husband and I) heard you for the first time from that review. Sideways is a powerful song as are so MANY of yours. We are so awed at the way your can weave a lyric that is universally moving. Thank you for your music. Ede and Michael
The lyric "sometimes I act just like my father, the only man who broke my heart " brought me to tears. My father was an alcoholic and drug addict. Died at 49. Man, those lyrics hit so hard.
I am not a boss, I simply could listen to your stories all day long. You songs are our stories but when we get this type of opportunity to hear where they came from makes them all the more poignant. Thank you for being you, Travis. And thank you so much for being willing to share this with us. I count myself privileged.
Sideways is just about the most genuine musical take I've heard concerning the pains of repressed and suppressed emotions. Everyone can relate to the subject but it is distinctly significant for individuals recovering from trauma and/or substance abuse. Your will to self-disclose sharpens the sincerity and intensity. It's masterful songwriting and self-reflection. I hope music is harboring you during these current obstacles. Old Ghosts is another poignant song. I'd love to learn the backdrop for that one. Be well, Travis!
Good stories Mr. Travis... I'm not having an out-of-body experience but, "tongue is broken and I'm still waiting on it to get fixed" is lyric-worthy without question. You guys put word-craft in tunes and it's just ridiculously powerful.
Like so many others, I have found your music through Mike's channel. As someone who writes, as a release, I know the feeling of an idea rattling around your head and until it opens the door, to let itself out, in your head it will stay. I am so glad that this one found the door. Thanks for sharing this wonderful song and the story behind it.
Brother I've followed you for many yrs and watched that reaction a few months back. His genuine honest reaction made me cry just as hard as all your music has always done to me. I've said it for yrs and will say it until my yrs are done, Travis Meadows was, is, and will always be, the greatest songwriter to ever grace this big blue ball. Can't wait to hear your next magic trick Brother and God speed your continued recovery. 🙏
Sir, 3 days ago I had never heard of Michael Palmisano, one hour ago I had never heard of you, Michael reviewed a song from my favourite band, since then I have started watching his reviews. I saw his headline stating 'one of the best songs I have ever heard' and I had to listen, he's not wrong, your song is one of the best songs I've ever heard too. My father left us when I was 14, my mother struggled to raise myself and my 3 younger sisters. I had to leave school at 15 to bring a wage in to help my struggling family, social services wanted to put me and my sisters into care, but we got through it. The hardest part was my father just disappeared, he left us in 1972, he died in 2014, in the 42 years between him leaving and dying, I saw him twice for a couple of minutes, once at my grandmothers funeral, and once at my uncle's funeral. I've carried the feeling of not being wanted all my life. Your song really cut deep, and spoke to me in a way not many songs do. I try to put the past back where it belongs, in the past, but there will always be a part of me that misses my dad, not the dad that left me, the dad I had before 1972. My father gave me 3 things, heart disease (I've had 2 heart attacks) a deep distrust in people, and the love for a shit football team. I'm 66 and married with 2 kids of my own now, but it took the longest time, I was 29 years old when I finally let a woman in. I love your song, it will stay in my heart forever. Bless you sir, love from Doncaster, England.
You’re awesome Travis. I found Sideways shortly before I saw Michael review it. One of my favorites of all time. I am a recovered alcoholic and been sober for almost 5 1/2 yrs. I play the song on my guitar often. Love you Brother!
Just found you today through Michael. After hearing sideways, I watched all your videos. You're seriously amazing. Hope I can see you live one day. Thanks for sharing the story of sideways. Very few songs nowadays make me feel so much emotion.
Thanks for sharing, Travis. My husband, Billy, often describes how he found himself in rehab by quoting you and saying he let life get a little sideways on him. He is 3+ years clean and sober now! To God be the glory! Thankful to see you are mending! Prayers and love! 💛
I actually watched that song for the first time on his podcast, and it truly moved me. I must have sent the song to 10 different friends immediately. What's even cooler about this is one of the people I sent it to came across this and just sent it to me. Amazing song. Amazing, can't say anything else about it it's just amazing. RLTW 3/75
Every once in a great while someone comes along and creates something so beautiful and graceful that it takes your breath away, like watching a horse give birth. Sideways had that impact on me. Absolutely magical that it could be done with music.
That’s how I discovered you (Travis) was through Micheal reaction video. I wish you the best of everything. Music can help change lives, but it has to rip your heart of first, before it’s able to do that…
Travis, this song speaks to my life and my dad. Also to relationships with my children. Absolutely a blessing of a song and I have shared it with everyone. Thank you
I remember a great songwriter, Sam Dees, once saying in an interview about writing songs "The great ones can come faster than you can get them down on paper"
Awe. Travis is just solid Good Country People. He's a sure Riser that used to Play in a Minefield, well, until God Speaks and went from running from the Davidson County Police, to finally becoming The Lucky One, after finally finding himself a Nice Girl. As always, well done, Travis!
I love ya brother and I found you through Michael as well. I dont understand how someone like you isn't all over radio. Keep fighting. You are a national treasure and we need you!
I just found you through this song, Sideways. I fell in love with your voice and these lyrics and the melody, Instantly! It inspired me to pick up the guitar again in which I have not done in 15 years. This song spoke to me so deeply to my present situation, the things I've been pressing down for years have been coming out in not so pleasant ways. Overwhelming at times. The bitter roads have become highways in in my life and I want to get off this path. I'm working on it. And playing the guitar again has been healing too. So thank you for being you! I pray you heal and I can see you live somewhere.
I’ve lost both my father and my step-father in my life, so Sideways touched me in ways I cannot even put into words, Travis. Thank you for writing it. I found you through Palmisano’s reaction and analysis of Sideways. God Bless You. 🙏
I appreciate the guidance of walking away from an idea and coming back to it later… I’ve been writing a song over the past two weeks.. I love the hook, love the 1st verse… but I’m stuck on the second verse… I keep coming back to it… because it seems like this song really has potential. I’m sure you’ve been there..
Just quoted lyrics from "Sideways" in my psychotherapy essay. I talked about how many of my clients have repressed pain and how your lyrics speak to the danger of this. You are just unbelievably talented, Travis.
@@Travismeadowsmusic Oh wow, you've made my day by replying to me. :) Hope you are recovering well since this video was made. I love the whole album, and I actually think "Minefield" is the best song I have ever heard in my 42-year-old life. Your gift is just astonishing.
Michael Palmisano is how we found you Travis. I am so thankful. My father broke my heart when he died 5 years ago. Every time I hear that line I remember him. And there are so many days that I feel like my nose is barely above the water. I guess there is some sollace knowing others feel that way. Knowing you aren't alone. God Bless You!
Thank you for the insight on this extraordinary song. I confess it made me cry. Just such a beautiful piece of artistry. Godspeed in your recovery Dear Travis.🥰
Thank you Travis, for giving me your voice to explain the way I feel inside. Every word you sang told me all I need to know about you. You've been through somethings people aren't meant to go through haven't you. There must have been some divine intervention finding your song, it surely couldn't be further from the music I listen to. But I only heard it one time and knew this song will be with me until the day I die. I hope the bad times are behind me, I really do. But please know that if they aren't you are going to save my life one day Travis. You'll never know it, but you're words are angels to those of us who get too comfortable around our demons.
A good friend shared this song to me. It jolted me, stopped me in my life's moment at the time. It may not make any sense to most when I say, the shadow that I cast remains a reflection of my past. Thank you for making me take time to reflect.
I was introduced to you through Michael Palmisano's channel as well. Brilliant song, and wonderful heartfelt performance! Songs that relay true emotion are always the most impactful. My musical tastes are all over the map, but real emotion always gets me! God bless. Would love to see a tour of people like yourself for whom songwriting is a true art form: Shawn Mullins, Peter Case, David Baerwald, Ian Moore, Brett Alexander, etc....
Thank you Travis meadows please keep it up. Awesome testimony people need more. Love your brokenness. A trait not all artists have. That’s what makes you special . Love you the man. Thanks to God for the path you’re on
Just checking in, Sideways and your music still one of the only musicians I go to to make myself shed some water weight." Keep it together while I fall apart" repeats in my head weekly as I deal with being the father of a 2 yr old ,I'm a retired paratrooper and didn't expect to get hurt and retire. My life feels like walking in a land where you don't speak the native language. Music and my son are the only things that open my heart any more . Thank you for the relief Travis.-James
Wow! When I stumbled across Sideways, I shared it on social media with the following comment: “I’m thinking that when the soul of Townes Van Zandt shuffled off its mortal coil, part of it manifested in this singer/songwriter.” That tune is simply that good and those lyrics reminded me of that master. Thank you for sharing the story of its gestation and birth.
Thank you, so much for making this video. I'm sorry to hear about you health issues. I hope and pray it all works out. You made my day by making this videos. I can't stop listening to sideways ever since I heard it . The line about your dad being the only man to break your heart gets me Everytime. Much Love and Respect , Travis.
I just got my first tattoo from Don Kincaid, also a musician. He played this song I cried and it brought me into a healing place. Thank you for your art and perspective.
Michael Palmisano introduced me to your astounding songwriting, and I've been consuming all of it that I can find ever since, hanging on every heartrending word. You make we want to write more! God bless you!
Mr Meadows, no matter how you speak or sound , has had no affect on your words and sounds from your heart. THOSE have spoken to millions of people and still do to this day. May GOD bless you and hold you in the palm of his hand. He’s already blessed the rest of us, with you & your music.
Great story, Travis. Always been impressed and envious at your ability to look objectively inside yourself and describe what you see. It takes a lot of denial to finally meet the truth, doesn't it? Keep digging and if you're up for sharing, we'll always be here to listen.
Great song man! I found it through him. Been a long time since iv felt like that listening to a new song. Its been a few months now and i keep comming back to that song. Beautiful man!
Great job with sideways I’m learning to plat I’m 61 lol but I have 2 of your songs down Sideways and Better Boat. I love your music and I love playing your songs. Your making an old guy happy..👍
If there were two words that meant more than "thank you", Id use them right now. But since I can't seem to find any I'll simply say, thank you! Up until a few days ago I had never had the pleasure of hearing your songs. Like others here Michael P. turned me onto your music. You moved me Travis. You reached through my computer screen, grabbed my by the lapel and bent my emotions into a pretzel...and I loved it! Every song on First Cigarette is better than the one before it. "Guy Like Me" is my theme song! In my journey to learn more about you I was devastated to hear about your health struggles. God speed on your recovery. I can't wait for you to get on stage again. When it happens, I don't care how far I have to drive, I'll be there! God Bless my friend!
I discovered Sideways, like many have said, through Michael’s channel and subsequently listened to the First Cigarette album. I was born and raised about 30 minutes from Opelousas, so I wanted to say thank you for working the youth in that community. All the best to you sir.
I found your music via that video. I had never heard of him or you before that day. I immediately ordered that album and Sideways has been on loop in my head since. I cried the first time I heard it. I am like how the heck did this guy write a sing about my life. Litterly the first line to the last. There's so much deep subject matter in that song. From the buying a new conscious, to locking doors you wished you didn't open, to unlearning the things you wish you never knew, to the father line, the roads turning into highways! WOW! ALL OF IT! It's my all time favorite song! Even the chorus. Push it down it comes out sideways. How many times have my arms grabbed for drugs and alcohol to knumb the pain that I push down and refuse to realese. How many times do I reach out sideways for money and things to try to fill this God sized hole in my soul that only filled by Him. It's releasing this unforgivness, guilt, pain, shame... The song has Biblical truth. Pushing down these things inside of us instead of giving it up to God and letting Him handle wrongs that have happened to you. And remembering all the times you wronged someone else. Even me being worse of a Father than my own in certain arenas. I was alienated from my first two kids and have no relationship still to this day but I want one. And I also suffered from addictions although different ones than my father. We all hold our parents up on a pedalstool and then we screw up just as bad. I can't believe you aren't bigger than you are. To me you are almost as good of a singer as Chris Stapletion (it's hard to beat his voice) BUT the lyrics are better. I don't wanna hear songs about whiskey anymore, I want to stay sober. Yours and his are the only albumns I have bought since the 90's. Great work! I hope you get better soon! You gained a fan!
I will be playing this at a jam in Fairbanks, Alaska tonight...THANK YOU for the background on it...People always ask who wrote it and love to hear a story. Come Visit Alaska and Jam with us! Love the way you accent words in unpredictable areas.
You guys both are favorites of mine. My Father passed away during the pandemic lock down. I am currently putting in the work to heal from our toxic relationship. Your song and Michael’s channel are the latest help I stumbled on. Thank you. Beautiful work!
I found you through him also and right now I really like the song better boat. I've been playing it on my guitar all week. Sideways is an amazing song friend! Your a great song writer!
Mr. Meadows, That reaction video popped up in my RUclips feed and that was the first time I heard that song. It was great and now I can't get enough of your music! I love the authenticity. Thanks for sharing your art with us.
I was touched by the reaction video from Michael Palimisano. What an amazing story. Glad you put life into it and put it to music. Thanks for sharing. Some songs just change you when you hear them. This is one of those special songs. God Bless you, Travis.
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And a HELL of a song it is! Thanks for making this video and sharing the background of the song. You're welcome anytime on the channel, my friend. SO glad so many people have found you, and that you use your time and efforts to help as much as you do. Thanks for that my friend.
I would like to thank you both, one for doing it and one for sharing it. Beautiful song (and reaction) that touched me deep inside. Thanks!
I had never heard your music Travis. Now, I feel like a whole new world has opened up. Michael, thank you for this gift.
First of all Michael, I found your youtube channel one day as I am a guitarist and your channel is great. Thank you for doing what you do. Let me tell you when I heard this song it just brought me to tears as I am not great at expressing myself in words which is probably why I play guitar but this song really spoke to me. I just wanted to thank you both for your videos and the song and thank you for the explanation Travis.
Thank you, Michael, for reacting to the song. I probably wouldn’t have ever heard it if you hadn’t. There is slouch good music that ever gets a fair shot.
I found the song because of your channel! Your videos are the best!
Dude, it's how I met you through him, And I'm so glad I did, you are super cool and one of us as we say.
I am a single father of an 11-year old boy and I have struggled with alcoholism and addiction pretty much all my adult life. I am a self-employed, one-man acoustic show. In the last 4 years, I have lost a daughter-in-law to addiction (at 22 years old), caught my wife in bed with another man so I packed up myself and our son and moved to another town, and then last October I lost my mother to Covid. It's been rough. I spend many nights in my recliner falling asleep to RUclips. One time I woke up to the Michael Palmisano video of him reviewing "Sideways". I cried like a baby. You sir are an AMAZING songwriter and now I try to catch all the Travis Meadows media I can. I perform "Sideways" regularly now. It's just the kind of therapy I needed. Thank you, sir! Please come to Iowa and put on a show! Johnny Whicker, Oskaloosa, IA.
I’m sorry man. It’s a tough road.
This guy is a treasure! The real freaking deal. Sings it, says it just like he’s lived it. No fluff, no frills just life. Cheers. God Speed on your recovery. 🙏
Thank you
Been in music for over 25yrs and I don't ever recall a song move me the way Sideways does. It's a lyrical masterpiece. So many lines that make you pause the music and contemplate what you as the song writer are expressing to us. It's incredible man. It really is.
Like many, I found you through Palmisano's channel and I'm so glad I did. Looking forward to going through your music and enjoying. God bless you on your recovery Travis. Now I'm going watch your hour-long interview with Michael...lol.
This song spoke to me. what do you do when you cant right the wrong? I'm a recovered alcoholic 16 years sober. the pain you sing is real. I've lived it. thank you Travis for this truth.
I sent the song to my dad and said I think you should listen to this. Every lyric in that song hit him hard. He's in his 60s now and has had... a life, Of trouble and hardship. And his reply broke my heart. He said. "I need you to play that at my funeral, Because it says sorry to everyone better than I could" So thank you Travis, From us both.
I found your music through that Michael Palmisano reaction. He's a good guy (as far as I can tell through YT) and while technically talented, he also "gets it." I'm thankful he shared your music and thankful for you sharing your gift (and this backstory).
Same here
I’m so glad!
Same here and greatful it happened. Thanks for the backstory, which just adds to the song's power. Be well & safe out there Travis.
I did as well. I love his side of what he’s sharing and am so glad he shared Sideways.
Thanks Travis! Hope you are doing well & Sideways brought back early childhood memories. Now at 65 I’ve learned the song and play it often. Thanks again!
As a Vet, I get it. As do so many of my brothers and sisters. Thanks for communicating what so many of us feel.
Thank you for your service and thank you for listening.
Love the song man. Found you through Michael. God bless..
Loved Sideways - might be one of the best songs I've ever heard. I'm going to start learning it.
Thank you for sharing. Such a beautiful song. Prayers your speech returns to you” normal self.”
Travis, I am a Songwriter from Texas and a Baptist preacher for 28 years. I love Sideways. I come from a Honky Tonk Daddy and a Church goin Mama.
I got saved at 7, went through childhood trauma x 10 and came out the other side playing rock and country, taking psychedelics and partying until Jesus gave me an ultimatum. I surrendered and have preached the gospel for 28 years, but I’m writing songs and playing again and it’s good. I’m praying for you to get back to feeling and sounding like you. Your songs hit me where Guy’s do. Keep up the amazing work, brother.
Thanks for sharing this story and your gift with us. You mentioned days as a youth pastor… the Lord is still using you well today brother.
I saw his review and that's how I heard about you and your songs. His reaction was so raw and honest and emotionally moving. Praying for you and your complete recover
I’m glad you found it
We (my husband and I) heard you for the first time from that review. Sideways is a powerful song as are so MANY of yours. We are so awed at the way your can weave a lyric that is universally moving. Thank you for your music. Ede and Michael
The lyric "sometimes I act just like my father, the only man who broke my heart " brought me to tears. My father was an alcoholic and drug addict. Died at 49. Man, those lyrics hit so hard.
I am not a boss, I simply could listen to your stories all day long. You songs are our stories but when we get this type of opportunity to hear where they came from makes them all the more poignant. Thank you for being you, Travis. And thank you so much for being willing to share this with us. I count myself privileged.
Aww. Thank you
Sideways is just about the most genuine musical take I've heard concerning the pains of repressed and suppressed emotions. Everyone can relate to the subject but it is distinctly significant for individuals recovering from trauma and/or substance abuse. Your will to self-disclose sharpens the sincerity and intensity. It's masterful songwriting and self-reflection. I hope music is harboring you during these current obstacles. Old Ghosts is another poignant song. I'd love to learn the backdrop for that one. Be well, Travis!
Thank you. That means the world.
Travis, this song is so wonderfully done! It will touch everyone that hears it.
Good stories Mr. Travis... I'm not having an out-of-body experience but, "tongue is broken and I'm still waiting on it to get fixed" is lyric-worthy without question. You guys put word-craft in tunes and it's just ridiculously powerful.
The RUclips algorithm led me to Michael and his video of Sideways. I have since started covering Sideways in my sets when I play.
There’s one thing RUclips did right. :)
Like so many others, I have found your music through Mike's channel. As someone who writes, as a release, I know the feeling of an idea rattling around your head and until it opens the door, to let itself out, in your head it will stay. I am so glad that this one found the door. Thanks for sharing this wonderful song and the story behind it.
Thanks for sharing your story, artistry, and beautiful song.
Brother I've followed you for many yrs and watched that reaction a few months back. His genuine honest reaction made me cry just as hard as all your music has always done to me. I've said it for yrs and will say it until my yrs are done, Travis Meadows was, is, and will always be, the greatest songwriter to ever grace this big blue ball. Can't wait to hear your next magic trick Brother and God speed your continued recovery. 🙏
I’m glad you’ve been a long hauler
"Long Hauler" sounds like a title to a new song, Travis !!! Love your music and back stories !!!
I stuck with it all the way to the end. You're the one who's a boss!
I know you!
Sir, 3 days ago I had never heard of Michael Palmisano, one hour ago I had never heard of you, Michael reviewed a song from my favourite band, since then I have started watching his reviews. I saw his headline stating 'one of the best songs I have ever heard' and I had to listen, he's not wrong, your song is one of the best songs I've ever heard too. My father left us when I was 14, my mother struggled to raise myself and my 3 younger sisters. I had to leave school at 15 to bring a wage in to help my struggling family, social services wanted to put me and my sisters into care, but we got through it. The hardest part was my father just disappeared, he left us in 1972, he died in 2014, in the 42 years between him leaving and dying, I saw him twice for a couple of minutes, once at my grandmothers funeral, and once at my uncle's funeral. I've carried the feeling of not being wanted all my life. Your song really cut deep, and spoke to me in a way not many songs do. I try to put the past back where it belongs, in the past, but there will always be a part of me that misses my dad, not the dad that left me, the dad I had before 1972. My father gave me 3 things, heart disease (I've had 2 heart attacks) a deep distrust in people, and the love for a shit football team. I'm 66 and married with 2 kids of my own now, but it took the longest time, I was 29 years old when I finally let a woman in. I love your song, it will stay in my heart forever. Bless you sir, love from Doncaster, England.
You’re awesome Travis. I found Sideways shortly before I saw Michael review it. One of my favorites of all time. I am a recovered alcoholic and been sober for almost 5 1/2 yrs. I play the song on my guitar often. Love you Brother!
I'm just now discovering this man... my new favorite... sir they are alot of men like me that still love what you do.. my new favorite right here
This song is truly a thing of beauty, the lyrics are incredible.
Just found you today through Michael. After hearing sideways, I watched all your videos. You're seriously amazing. Hope I can see you live one day. Thanks for sharing the story of sideways. Very few songs nowadays make me feel so much emotion.
Thanks for sharing, Travis. My husband, Billy, often describes how he found himself in rehab by quoting you and saying he let life get a little sideways on him. He is 3+ years clean and sober now! To God be the glory!
Thankful to see you are mending! Prayers and love! 💛
Sounds like a good fellow. All the best to you both.
I actually watched that song for the first time on his podcast, and it truly moved me. I must have sent the song to 10 different friends immediately. What's even cooler about this is one of the people I sent it to came across this and just sent it to me. Amazing song. Amazing, can't say anything else about it it's just amazing. RLTW 3/75
Every once in a great while someone comes along and creates something so beautiful and graceful that it takes your breath away, like watching a horse give birth. Sideways had that impact on me. Absolutely magical that it could be done with music.
That’s how I discovered you (Travis) was through Micheal reaction video. I wish you the best of everything. Music can help change lives, but it has to rip your heart of first, before it’s able to do that…
Wonderful. Just wonderful. Thank you.
Travis, this song speaks to my life and my dad. Also to relationships with my children. Absolutely a blessing of a song and I have shared it with everyone. Thank you
Thank you
I remember a great songwriter, Sam Dees, once saying in an interview about writing songs "The great ones can come faster than you can get them down on paper"
I never heard of him. I’ll check him put.
@@Travismeadowsmusic The song that will suck you in immediately is 'After All'.
You’ve won a fan mate. Much love from Australia . You’re a gem
Awe. Travis is just solid Good Country People. He's a sure Riser that used to Play in a Minefield, well, until God Speaks and went from running from the Davidson County Police, to finally becoming The Lucky One, after finally finding himself a Nice Girl. As always, well done, Travis!
Mr. Meadow this song has gotten me interested in playing the guitar again. Thank you so much
I listened to this song on repeat for weeks after hearing it. What a song!
Thanks for listening
Love this song, love the story. Get well soon.
Hung on every word of this. Sideways hits hard. Thank you.
Thank you for listening
Thanks for sharing some of the backstory to this amazing song.
I love ya brother and I found you through Michael as well. I dont understand how someone like you isn't all over radio. Keep fighting. You are a national treasure and we need you!
All I can say: thank you. That song is beautiful and I love it.
I just found you through this song, Sideways. I fell in love with your voice and these lyrics and the melody, Instantly! It inspired me to pick up the guitar again in which I have not done in 15 years. This song spoke to me so deeply to my present situation, the things I've been pressing down for years have been coming out in not so pleasant ways. Overwhelming at times. The bitter roads have become highways in in my life and I want to get off this path. I'm working on it. And playing the guitar again has been healing too. So thank you for being you! I pray you heal and I can see you live somewhere.
I’m so glad you did.
I absolutely love this song!! It is so effing good. Love the name of the record, too. First cigarette. I listen to Sideways on repeat Lol
Thank you for sharing this. I can't wait to see you play live again, Travis! Come to the Outer Banks of North Carolina where you are so loved! 💛
Nothing would make me happier
You're what a true singer songwriter is
Thank you and bless you for sharing your stories and your talent.
Your song-writing feelers are always ‘on’, and thank goodness for that, Travis.
Music is strong Medicine
Everything about this song and Travis Meadows is absolutely incredible. 💯
This was a great 16 minutes of my life. Hey Travis, thank you. Love you brother.
I’ve lost both my father and my step-father in my life, so Sideways touched me in ways I cannot even put into words, Travis. Thank you for writing it. I found you through Palmisano’s reaction and analysis of Sideways. God Bless You. 🙏
I’m Sorry for your loss but I’m
glad you found a song that brought some comfort. Music is magic. So are friendships. Happy new year my net friend.
I appreciate the guidance of walking away from an idea and coming back to it later… I’ve been writing a song over the past two weeks.. I love the hook, love the 1st verse… but I’m stuck on the second verse… I keep coming back to it… because it seems like this song really has potential. I’m sure you’ve been there..
This was absolutely wonderful. Thank you, Travis.
Thank you Travis... And thank you Michael...
Just quoted lyrics from "Sideways" in my psychotherapy essay. I talked about how many of my clients have repressed pain and how your lyrics speak to the danger of this. You are just unbelievably talented, Travis.
I love this. Thank you. Music is medicine.
@@Travismeadowsmusic Oh wow, you've made my day by replying to me. :) Hope you are recovering well since this video was made. I love the whole album, and I actually think "Minefield" is the best song I have ever heard in my 42-year-old life. Your gift is just astonishing.
Michael Palmisano is how we found you Travis. I am so thankful. My father broke my heart when he died 5 years ago. Every time I hear that line I remember him. And there are so many days that I feel like my nose is barely above the water. I guess there is some sollace knowing others feel that way. Knowing you aren't alone.
God Bless You!
I happened to see that episode. A hell of a song. Stunning.
Thank you for the insight on this extraordinary song. I confess it made me cry. Just such a beautiful piece of artistry. Godspeed in your recovery Dear Travis.🥰
Hi Travis I found your music through Michaels channel So glad i did I play for my mates here in Australia We all like it Thank You
I just want to Say Thank you, and Thank you, for this song , it's touched my soul, its just perfectly done . Again, Thank you! ♥️
I first heard you on Michael Palmisano channel and have been listening to you ever since, Sideways is one of my favourite songs
Thank you Travis, for giving me your voice to explain the way I feel inside. Every word you sang told me all I need to know about you. You've been through somethings people aren't meant to go through haven't you. There must have been some divine intervention finding your song, it surely couldn't be further from the music I listen to. But I only heard it one time and knew this song will be with me until the day I die.
I hope the bad times are behind me, I really do. But please know that if they aren't you are going to save my life one day Travis. You'll never know it, but you're words are angels to those of us who get too comfortable around our demons.
Found your music through Michael too. Beautiful stuff. Thank you
Thank you.
I struggle to articulate my feelings, and in 4 sentences you explained my relationship with my father perfectly.
Thank you so much for sharing how this incredibly powerful song was written. Hearing this makes it even more powerful!
A good friend shared this song to me. It jolted me, stopped me in my life's moment at the time. It may not make any sense to most when I say, the shadow that I cast remains a reflection of my past. Thank you for making me take time to reflect.
I understand that perfectly. Thank you.
I'm a boss 😂... as old back porch picker, I've added your songs into my rotation of playable tunes.
I was introduced to you through Michael Palmisano's channel as well. Brilliant song, and wonderful heartfelt performance! Songs that relay true emotion are always the most impactful. My musical tastes are all over the map, but real emotion always gets me! God bless. Would love to see a tour of people like yourself for whom songwriting is a true art form: Shawn Mullins, Peter Case, David Baerwald, Ian Moore, Brett Alexander, etc....
Thank you Travis meadows please keep it up. Awesome testimony people need more. Love your brokenness. A trait not all artists have. That’s what makes you special . Love you the man. Thanks to God for the path you’re on
Just checking in, Sideways and your music still one of the only musicians I go to to make myself shed some water weight." Keep it together while I fall apart" repeats in my head weekly as I deal with being the father of a 2 yr old ,I'm a retired paratrooper and didn't expect to get hurt and retire. My life feels like walking in a land where you don't speak the native language. Music and my son are the only things that open my heart any more . Thank you for the relief Travis.-James
Wow! When I stumbled across Sideways, I shared it on social media with the following comment: “I’m thinking that when the soul of Townes Van Zandt shuffled off its mortal coil, part of it manifested in this singer/songwriter.” That tune is simply that good and those lyrics reminded me of that master. Thank you for sharing the story of its gestation and birth.
Thank you, so much for making this video. I'm sorry to hear about you health issues. I hope and pray it all works out. You made my day by making this videos. I can't stop listening to sideways ever since I heard it . The line about your dad being the only man to break your heart gets me Everytime. Much Love and Respect , Travis.
It’s all ups and downs. We smile and move on.
Fantastic song Travis. Great testimony. Drive in my friend. 😎
I just got my first tattoo from Don Kincaid, also a musician. He played this song
I cried and it brought me into a healing place.
Thank you for your art and perspective.
Michael Palmisano introduced me to your astounding songwriting, and I've been consuming all of it that I can find ever since, hanging on every heartrending word. You make we want to write more! God bless you!
Hi Travis,hope your well! ❤
Mr Meadows, no matter how you speak or sound , has had no affect on your words and sounds from your heart. THOSE have spoken to millions of people and still do to this day.
May GOD bless you and hold you in the palm of his hand. He’s already blessed the rest of us, with you & your music.
Great story, Travis. Always been impressed and envious at your ability to look objectively inside yourself and describe what you see. It takes a lot of denial to finally meet the truth, doesn't it? Keep digging and if you're up for sharing, we'll always be here to listen.
Well the curse comes with the blessing. It takes a lot of k packs to be me. Lol. Maybe jist be the best you that you can be. Thank you for believing.
You’ve got a big new fan here. I am truly going to enjoy listening to the rest of your music.
You sound a lot healthier, thank you for writing and creating music. Big inspiration
Great song man! I found it through him. Been a long time since iv felt like that listening to a new song. Its been a few months now and i keep comming back to that song. Beautiful man!
Thank you. Come back as often as you like.
Travis, I hope you heal quickly. Like thousands of other fans, I am blown away by your guitar playing and lyrics. Prayers going your way.
Thank you. It really means the world. I feel the prayers.
Great job with sideways I’m learning to plat I’m 61 lol but I have 2 of your songs down Sideways and Better Boat. I love your music and I love playing your songs. Your making an old guy happy..👍
That’s awesome. Keep up the good work-
If there were two words that meant more than "thank you", Id use them right now. But since I can't seem to find any I'll simply say, thank you! Up until a few days ago I had never had the pleasure of hearing your songs. Like others here Michael P. turned me onto your music. You moved me Travis. You reached through my computer screen, grabbed my by the lapel and bent my emotions into a pretzel...and I loved it! Every song on First Cigarette is better than the one before it. "Guy Like Me" is my theme song! In my journey to learn more about you I was devastated to hear about your health struggles. God speed on your recovery. I can't wait for you to get on stage again. When it happens, I don't care how far I have to drive, I'll be there! God Bless my friend!
Tremendous fan of you and your work brother
Thank you
I discovered Sideways, like many have said, through Michael’s channel and subsequently listened to the First Cigarette album. I was born and raised about 30 minutes from Opelousas, so I wanted to say thank you for working the youth in that community. All the best to you sir.
It was such a pleasure.
Great song and a great back story. I hope you keep healing up from your surgery. Keep fighting!
Man ... what a beautiful story told from a beautiful person. I loved this! Thank you!
I found your music via that video. I had never heard of him or you before that day. I immediately ordered that album and Sideways has been on loop in my head since. I cried the first time I heard it. I am like how the heck did this guy write a sing about my life. Litterly the first line to the last. There's so much deep subject matter in that song. From the buying a new conscious, to locking doors you wished you didn't open, to unlearning the things you wish you never knew, to the father line, the roads turning into highways! WOW! ALL OF IT! It's my all time favorite song! Even the chorus. Push it down it comes out sideways. How many times have my arms grabbed for drugs and alcohol to knumb the pain that I push down and refuse to realese. How many times do I reach out sideways for money and things to try to fill this God sized hole in my soul that only filled by Him. It's releasing this unforgivness, guilt, pain, shame... The song has Biblical truth. Pushing down these things inside of us instead of giving it up to God and letting Him handle wrongs that have happened to you. And remembering all the times you wronged someone else. Even me being worse of a Father than my own in certain arenas. I was alienated from my first two kids and have no relationship still to this day but I want one. And I also suffered from addictions although different ones than my father. We all hold our parents up on a pedalstool and then we screw up just as bad. I can't believe you aren't bigger than you are. To me you are almost as good of a singer as Chris Stapletion (it's hard to beat his voice) BUT the lyrics are better. I don't wanna hear songs about whiskey anymore, I want to stay sober. Yours and his are the only albumns I have bought since the 90's. Great work! I hope you get better soon! You gained a fan!
Travis, you're a TRUE LOVELY human being! Bless you!
I will be playing this at a jam in Fairbanks, Alaska tonight...THANK YOU for the background on it...People always ask who wrote it and love to hear a story. Come Visit Alaska and Jam with us! Love the way you accent words in unpredictable areas.
You never know
You guys both are favorites of mine. My Father passed away during the pandemic lock down. I am currently putting in the work to heal from our toxic relationship. Your song and Michael’s channel are the latest help I stumbled on. Thank you. Beautiful work!
I found you through him also and right now I really like the song better boat. I've been playing it on my guitar all week. Sideways is an amazing song friend! Your a great song writer!
Thank you. Both of them were very important songs in my life and career. Glad you found them.
Mr. Meadows,
That reaction video popped up in my RUclips feed and that was the first time I heard that song. It was great and now I can't get enough of your music! I love the authenticity. Thanks for sharing your art with us.
I was touched by the reaction video from Michael Palimisano. What an amazing story. Glad you put life into it and put it to music. Thanks for sharing. Some songs just change you when you hear them. This is one of those special songs. God Bless you, Travis.
Thank you.