General Audio Clips

Welcome to a work in progress! I'll be gradually posting a variety of items in this section, including a few audio samples of my arrangement offerings, instructional materials I use with students, some samples illustrating interesting tunings, and even some "oddball" live clips from the archives. Unfortunately, some of the clips are poorly recorded. I'll clean up some of these at some point, but it's not always possible.

YouTube Videos

John Ely Trio—Kötz 2004 Festival in Germany

(with Willie Jones on bass and Jürgen Hoffmann on guitar)

Sitting in with Native Sun / Texas Connection TV Show

Native Sun: Shawn Ellison (piano/bandleader), Dave Sebree (guitar), Brad Taylor(bass), Joe McCreary (drums), Kent Winking (trumpet), John Mills (saxophone), and Michael Mordecai (trombone).

With Asleep at the Wheel / Nashville Now TV Show

Just Walk On By

With Asleep at the Wheel / Texas Connection TV Show

Way Down Texas Way

With Asleep at the Wheel / Farm Aid 1986

Miles and Miles of Texas

Tuning Demos

The Leon McAuliffe E13th

Here are a couple of clips showing off the McAuliffe E13th. There are a lot of 4-note standard guitar-type voicings on this tuning. If I recall I was trying to show how an 8-string Fender could sound like a big 10-string C6th pedal steel. I'm using three fingerpicks and thumbpick for these. My apologies for the sound quality. I'll try to post better versions!

Lesson Audio Sample

Here is a standard tune an advanced student might be assigned. Rhythm tracks are on one channel and my steel guitar is on the other channel. So you can play along with the steel track or dial it out to test your mastery of the song.

Live Clips

Around the Austin Clubs (early '90s)