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.

@flowerlandofjohn

2 жыл бұрын

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!

@kathleenwildman9427

2 жыл бұрын

I had never heard your music Travis. Now, I feel like a whole new world has opened up. Michael, thank you for this gift.

@johntorelli3834

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@mitchkoster4665

Жыл бұрын

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.

@patrickbilancione1201

14 күн бұрын

I found the song because of your channel! Your videos are the best!

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 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. 🙏

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

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 KZread. 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.

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry man. It’s a tough road.

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 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).

@robertpresscott6608

2 жыл бұрын

Same here

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad!

@danshea627

2 жыл бұрын

Same here and greatful it happened. Thanks for the backstory, which just adds to the song's power. Be well & safe out there Travis.

@carolynford1073

2 жыл бұрын

I did as well. I love his side of what he’s sharing and am so glad he shared Sideways.

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.

Loved Sideways - might be one of the best songs I've ever heard. I'm going to start learning it.

As a Vet, I get it. As do so many of my brothers and sisters. Thanks for communicating what so many of us feel.

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service and thank you for listening.

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

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!

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That means the world.

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

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you found it

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.

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Aww. Thank you

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

Travis, this song is so wonderfully done! It will touch everyone that hears it.

Thank you for sharing. Such a beautiful song. Prayers your speech returns to you” normal self.”

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.

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. 🙏

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you’ve been a long hauler

@mullinsonquince

2 жыл бұрын

"Long Hauler" sounds like a title to a new song, Travis !!! Love your music and back stories !!!

Everything about this song and Travis Meadows is absolutely incredible. 💯

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

The KZread algorithm led me to Michael and his video of Sideways. I have since started covering Sideways in my sets when I play.

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

There’s one thing KZread did right. :)

I stuck with it all the way to the end. You're the one who's a boss!

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

I know you!

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! 💛

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good fellow. All the best to you both.

Mr. Meadow this song has gotten me interested in playing the guitar again. Thank you so much

This song is truly a thing of beauty, the lyrics are incredible.

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

Man ... what a beautiful story told from a beautiful person. I loved this! Thank you!

I happened to see that episode. A hell of a song. Stunning.

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

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thank 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.

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you did.

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

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…

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 listened to this song on repeat for weeks after hearing it. What a song!

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening

Love this song, love the story. Get well soon.

I first heard you on Michael Palmisano channel and have been listening to you ever since, Sideways is one of my favourite songs

Found you and your music recently and you've become one of my favorites. Thank you for the amazing music!

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"

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

I never heard of him. I’ll check him put.

@bren106

2 жыл бұрын

@@Travismeadowsmusic The song that will suck you in immediately is 'After All'.

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 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....

Love your work!

Mr. Meadows, That reaction video popped up in my KZread 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.

Just found you! Thank you for sharing Travis! You're so personable. I felt like I was in the room and talking only to me! What a gift you have!

Heard about you through his reaction and became an instant fan! Praying for your full recovery. Also found out you co-wrote another favorite song of mine, Knives of New Orleans 🤘🏾😎

I found your music through a friend a few years ago. Been listening ever since. Good, honest music with a story is hard to come by anymore. You, sir, hit every emotion with your music. Truly grateful for you and your music. Michael Palmisano is a great one too.

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.

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! ♥️

❤. Thanks for sharing!

Dude... this song kills me everytime i listen to it ..i cry a tear for you , for me , ... it took me a while to figure out the tuneing on guitar but i got it ...but i wanted to say thanks and i hope your heart continues to express itself with more songs like this one ..TY TY TY

One hell of a song my friend. Powerful lyrics for sure!! Well done!!

Wonderful. Just wonderful. Thank you.

Love this song and your records so much Travis, hope you're recovering from the surgery. Would love to catch a show when you're back at it!

Thank you for doing this for us Travis

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!

Travis, I found you via Michael Palmisano as well an so glad I did. Sideways…takes you on an emotional journey. I’m enjoying discovering your work, your art. Prayers to you for continued recovery from your surgery.

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.

Thank you so much for sharing this and your music. I have a friend that found you then shared it to me as your music and your story is so much like my sons. Your music brought forward so many emotions and things up in me. I am going to share your music and videos with my son. You honestly never know when you are going to help someone by just sharing your music, videos and life expierences. God Bless you and Thank you!

You’ve won a fan mate. Much love from Australia . You’re a gem

Thank you Travis. Very nice video. Wishing you a speedy recovery!!

Thank you so much for sharing! The song has meant so much to me and your story is so powerful. Thank you for using your story to help others!

This was absolutely wonderful. Thank you, Travis.

Travis, you are a wonderful person. I love your songs. You are literally a gift from God! I pray things go well with you. My prayers are with you Sir. Bless you!!!

This was a great 16 minutes of my life. Hey Travis, thank you. Love you brother.

Really cool to hear you share that🤙🏽hope you recover quickly and fully. Thank you so much

What an incredible story. I love this song, it hits home for me in so many ways. Thank you Travis for sharing the story and the song. Be well and please keep writing..

Thanks for sharing some of the backstory to this amazing song.

You’ve got a big new fan here. I am truly going to enjoy listening to the rest of your music.

All the comments below also express how I found & feel about your music. Don’t think a day goes by that I do not have a listen to them. Thank you for sharing your genius with us. 👏👏👏

I found your music as a result of the Michael Palmisano video. I am glad I did. There is so much I want to say, but don't know how. We are all broken somehow and it songs like yours that voice the pain and anguish we are going through. I hope you can recover from your surgery and get back to singing because we all need to hear what you have to say. The lyrics to this song are beautiful.

After hearing the story behind this amazing song it makes it more alive to me. Heard about the song through Michael Palmisano’s channel and couldn’t stop listing to your music. Thank you for the honest songs, I really feel like I have a place to put my emotions through your music. Take care!

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

Love your voice, love this song, this song really hit home for me and I immediately needed to learn it. I have a hard time not welling up when I play and sing it, but I don’t care, its the best song I’ve heard in some time, thanks Travis👍

Like so many here, I learned of the song and you through the Michael Palmisano reaction. It's an incredibly moving and powerful piece of songwriting. Thank you for expressing and sharing your tremendous talent. And, thank you for sharing the story behind the song. I'm not a songwriter, but I am a writer. I find great inspiration in learning about others' writing processes. All the best to you, sir.

God bless you, and here’s to a speedy recovery. I got turned onto you from that video and I would agree with him, it’s probably one of the best songs ever written. EVER!!!!

Thank you ❤️ for sharing your heart and soul with the world 🌎

I love your story and it hit me, big time. My older brother sent it to me saying "it may bring you to tears, it did for me". Sure did for me as well. I sure hope your speech and you are doing better. Prayers to you! 💚💚💚

Thank you so much for sharing how this incredibly powerful song was written. Hearing this makes it even more powerful!

Thank you. I struggle to articulate my feelings, and in 4 sentences you explained my relationship with my father perfectly.

I am so happy to have had you play at my home from House Concerts. Long after you and your dog (can't remember the name) left, I was a huge fan. I hope all the people I introduced you to them are still followers. Prayers and Love to you.

Travis, you're a TRUE LOVELY human being! Bless you!

You're what a true singer songwriter is Thank you and bless you for sharing your stories and your talent.

All I can say: thank you. That song is beautiful and I love it.

What a treasure you are Travis Meadows. Incredible song and incredible singer/songwriter. Thank you so much for your inspiration.

Thank you so very much for sharing this.

Found your music through Michael too. Beautiful stuff. Thank 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.🥰

Your music is wonderful, thank you.

Travis, thanks for making this. I found you when I was learning 'Better Boat' (Chesney's version) and fell in love with you, Brother. Then when Michael Palmisano did his react video (I hadn't heard this song yet), I broke down and cried. Showed my wife, cried again; knew I had to learn it and put it in my shows. I still can't get through the 'father' line yet without breaking down. Such a beautiful song. And I'm sorry to hear about your surgery issues. I had back surgery a decade ago and had complications myself. I feel for ya. Thank you again for making this. Love your songs, my friend.

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.

@Travismeadowsmusic

2 жыл бұрын

It’s all ups and downs. We smile and move on.

Great song and a great back story. I hope you keep healing up from your surgery. Keep fighting!

I enjoyed every minute of that. Thank you Travis. And I came here cuz of Michael originally. I never heard of you and I've shared your music now with a couple people. I'm guessing they probably already heard of you, becauae how could your music have not been heard by many. Wow. Good stuff. ❤

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 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..