Someday, if Val can do it, so can you. She started out Travis picking from the very first time she picked up a guitar.
Just a little embellishment on her post to help you with timing.
She wrote T6-T4-I3-T6-M2-T4 (6 beats to the measure)
T6-T4-I3-T6-M2-T4-I3 (7 beats to the measure)
Count the first one... T6-T4-I3-T6-M2-T4... out using the following rhythm...1-2 and 3 and 4. The numerals are on the beat, and the word 'and' falls on the off beat. The numerals are played with you thumb and the 'ands' are played with index and middle fingers. T6 means thumb on 6th string. T4 means thumb on the 4th string. I3 means index on the 3rd string and m2 means middle finger on the second string. So the bass is constantly alternating between the 6th and 4th string, with the index and middle played between the bass notes. You would count T6-T4-I3-T6-M2-T4 out like this: one, two and, three and four.
G is a good chord to practice this pattern on. On some chords, like A, C... the bass alternates from high bass to low, so the picking pattern is different. You have to remember which chords are low bass - high bass, or high bass - low bass. After awhile it comes naturally (unless you suffer from a brain aneurysm, of course, and forgot what one of your hands is supposed to do!)
On the guitar, the thickest string (bass string) is string #6, and the thinnest string (treble string) is string #1.
Here's a website that explain's Travis picking a lot better than I do...
http://www.ezfolk.com/guitar/Tutoria...s_picking.html
Now, don't expect to be able to do this immediately. It takes time to develope the style, especialliy if you don't have someone to show you first hand. I have some tablature of a few Ligthfoot songs I could share with you, if you are really serious about learning to fingerpick. E-mail me if you're interested. Or you can reach me on AIM under the screen name cathyco1, or Yahoo chat under cathycowette.
You can also e-mail me if there is any of this you don't understand, and
cathy@cathycowette.com
Good luck!