Janet has 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.
As Janet’s popularity grows so does her band, adding Chip Bush on Mandolin, Richard Denison on Bass, Ivan Guernsey on Resonator guitar, and Rick Jackson on drums who also is a BMI songwriter. Janet, at age 20, has been fortunate in compiling an amazing group of musicians with very tight harmony vocals. Thus, adding to her unique sound of mixing country/bluegrass/folk
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"Janet has one of the purest vocals in the business today. She will be a force to be reckon with in the Country Music World."
"She is a must see in her live performances!"
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Doc Smith
CEO WiseSmith Entertainment
Management Group
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*Age – 20
*Born – March 1988 in Jeffersonville, IN
*Raised – Out in the country in Southern, IN between Daisy Hill and Blueriver
*Schools Attended – East Washington Middle School, Eastern High School, IU Southeast
*Music Instructors – Jeff Guernsey, Lori Tharp
*Favorite Book – “Smoke Jumpers†by Nicholas Evans
*Favorite Movie – Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, The Notebook, Phantom of the Opera, Pride and Prejudice, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. I promise that I don’t only like chick flicks!
*Favorite actor/actress – Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightly
*What is in your IPOD right now – Garth Brooks’ latest Greatest Hits Album! I LOVE Garth Brooks!
*Influences – Alison Kraus, Vince Gil, Patty Lovelace, and James Taylor
*Most loved song – “When You Come Back Down†by Nickel Creek. It's the most beautiful love song ever written in my opinion.
*Most loved song to date you have wrote – 10 ½ Hours
*Instruments – Guitar and piano
*Stage Name – Janet Lynn Hattabaugh
*Record Label – Developing at present
*Newest Project – Going back in studio for my new 2008 EP Release soon
*Largest Venues Performed to date – Eureka Springs, Arkansas with big names such as Sam Bush, Mare Winningham, Ronnie Reno and Marty Stewart! Such an amazing experience and really sweet people! I will never forget jamming at night with some of them!
*Greatest experience on stage thus far – My favorite experience on stage was when my band and I walked out onto the stage in Louisville, KY for the Colgate Country Showdown! There were hundreds of people there,such high energy, and my band had a great time! Not to mention that Joe Nichols walked right by me backstage!
*Greatest music experience thus far - I will never forget when I was around 15 and I went to Little Nashville, IN to go to a Josh Turner concert. We were walking around the town and I decided to get my guitar out and play some guitar on a bench on the side of a restaurant. I played about four or five songs and decided to quit so that we could go get something to eat. After the concert that night I brought my guitar to Josh to have him sign and he looked up at me and said "I saw you today playing and singing! Keep it up little girl because you will make it one day." I will never forget that and it means sooo much to me to this day!
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