 He learned the art of filmmaking from Conner and made some films with him.In 1963 Lyman joined Jim Kweskin’s Boston-based jug band as a banjo and harmonica player.Lyman, once called "the Grand Old Man of the 'blues' harmonica in his mid-twenties", is remembered in folk music circles for playing a 20-minute improvisation on the traditional hymn "Rock of Ages" at the end of the 1965 Newport Folk Festival to the riled crowd streaming out after Bob Dylan’s famous appearance with an electric band.