Barry Hattabaugh a.k.a. my dad: Harmony vocalist, acoustic guitar
Richard Denison: Bass Guitar
Ivan Guernsey: Resonator Guitar
Rick Jackson: Drummer
Influences
Alison Krauss has been the biggest influence in my music, Patty Loveless, Travis Tritt, Vince Gil, James Taylor, Nickel Creek, Sarah McLachlan, Jeff Guernsey and of course my parents without them I would've never been exposed to such great music.
Sounds Like
I just sound like me, but people have compared my sound to folk and country artists such as Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris.
Janet, at 21, has had the pleasure and honor of being compared to Alison Kraus and Emmylou Harris. Janet has been introduced as a “purist.” As “the little girl who can make the hair on the back of your neck stand and draw a grown man to tears.” Janet grew up in rural Southern Indiana with an extended family of musicians. Janet’s father is an amazing guitarist with whom she’d learned to appreciate the beauty of the acoustic sound. She was raised listening to Vince Gil, Patty Lovelace, Steve Warner, Travis Tritt, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Nickel Creek, James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg, Sarah McLachlan, just to mention a few.
Janet started singing as a small child and asked for her first guitar at age 13. Janet started taking lessons from Jeff Guernsey, a master of the fiddle and a guitarist, who played with Steve Warner and Vince Gil. Janet has been doing live performances since age 16, at first with her dad as a guitar accompanist and harmony vocals. Playing at local venues and restaurants then graduating to local festivals and events throughout Indiana, Kentucky and Eureka Springs, Arkansas. She has entered local talent search contest, such as Nashville Star at Indianapolis in 2006 finishing in the top 24 and the Colgate Country Showdown in Indiana and Kentucky. Janet along with her band won the WAMZ Colgate Country Showdown at Louisville, KY in 2007, opening for Joe Nichols. She’s performed at the Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival in Arkansas with her dad and the Ronnie Reno band. Along with Janet’s vocal talent she has discovered a interest in writing her own songs and music, performing several of these at her performances.
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Hi Janet, your friendship means alot to me..I just love people, and everyone is different..I have met some nice people on here, people that I can call friend..I hope your career takes off this New Year..I guess your about finished with school..Thanks for being my friend this year, and I hope it will continue..Hope you had a Merry Christmas..My Mom fell and broke her hip so we missed her not being home this year..I Pray she can rehab and go back to her assisted living..I felt so sorry for her today..I've been having some bad kidney problems, may have to get aa new doctor..Thanks for being my friend..Hugs, jan
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Hi Janet. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I hope all your dreams come true in 2010..Your a wonderful friend ..I went to Vegas for 6 days Dec 10th-16th, and the second morning they called and said Mom had fell and thought she was hurt bad..I told them to call my brother , but call the ambulance first and sure enough, she broke her hip and had to have a hip replacement..My brother's told me to just stay there was nothing I could do, so I called home three and four times a day checking on Mom..She is in rehab now, so I am Praying she can get rehabed and go back to assisted living..Her name is Mary, please Pray for her..I have been running..For awhile they had her on strong medications for her pain but they took her off it and now she talks more like herself..Thank you for your friendship..I'm always glad to hear from you..Hope you and your family have a great Christmas..Love, Jan
thank you very much Janet merry christmas to you, your family and band may the good lord bless you with a big hit in 2010, keep after that dream/ david
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Hi Janet, your friendship means alot to me..I just love people, and everyone is different..I have met some nice people on here, people that I can call friend..I hope your career takes off this New Year..I guess your about finished with school..Thanks for being my friend this year, and I hope it will continue..Hope you had a Merry Christmas..My Mom fell and broke her hip so we missed her not being home this year..I Pray she can rehab and go back to her assisted living..I felt so sorry for her today..I've been having some bad kidney problems, may have to get aa new doctor..Thanks for being my friend..Hugs, jan
