Hey Now! We started this project from the insistance amongst family, friends and many others. Every time I perform people approach me and ask me to sing Janis. Whether they have heard me before or not. I have been GREATLY influenced by Janis Joplin ALL my life. I was born on September 7th in 1967 and my Father was already an advid fan. So you might say I was brainwashed from the time I was in my Mother's womb! I missed the Summer of Love but arrived in the fall already affected by the sounds of the 60's. Ive always been a hippie, even before I knew what it meant. When I first started singing it was at a Jam Night  in 94? @ the Warehouse. (Downtown Elyria) It was hosted by my good friend Dwain "D.C." Charles Carnes, Kieth "Skully" TenEyck, & Billy Sugg. ( MY ETERNAL THANX FOREVER GUYS! I MEAN IT!) D.C. MADE me come up on stage, they played Burning Sky by Bad Company, and helped me to FLY!  After that I forced them and other friends and aquaintances to learn Summertime & Bobby McGee. I sang with D.C. and pleaded for him to include some Joplin in our sets! After about 12 years performing 3-4  Joplin songs during the shows and ALWAYS ending with Mercedes Benz, D.C. and my boyfriend (Jason: My Knight In Shining Tattoos!) approached me and told me " People always ask you to do her, you aleady dress like her, you love to sing her music anyway, why don't you do a Janis Joplin Tribute Band." Now don't get me wrong I COULD NEVER BE AS GREAT AS JANIS! I would never claim to be! But I swear when I'm singing a J.J. tune and I'm one with the music, in that "zone" and I am truly GONE, and then when I come BACK I FEEL like SHE was  WITH me! Now I've got to say thanks to ALL the JANIS FANS, because for YEARS I have stalled about this project, because I didn't know if other people STILL felt as strongly about her NOW as they did THEN. You know just because I think she was GREAT doesn't mean every one else does. I was WRONG! People STILL LOVE HER! (AS well they should!) As MUCH as I and then some! We rented a Hall for our Debue and about 400 people came to see us for our FIRST TIME PLAYING OUT! To ALL those folks: THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! You inspire us to continue in our efforts to portray Janis and her bands as acurately as we can!
What else can I say? Besides, Thank you Janis for your wonderful contibution to our lives and the music world, you will LIVE in OUR HEARTS ALWAYS! JANIS JOPLIN FOREVER!