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December 31, 2006

Re: pictures for sale from the Liberty Bowl.

Go to www.ammonsphoto.biz and, as recommended by Grace Anne's mom, click on "Bob Westbrook Entertainers with LeAnn Rimes."

You'll find some wonderful photos of LeAnn and folks but she has photos with Taylor Ware and also our little Grace Anne who sang with the Bob Westbrook kids.

This is a buffet of photos. Of course we don't have permission to use them but you'll love them anyway.

[From Grace Anne's mom:] go to the first pictures with large groups. The first 3 are the singers with LeAnn. Grace Anne is in all 3 but in the 3rd one she is in LeAnn's lap. It is soooo cute.

 

December 26, 2006

Re: creating a link to the Bellamy Brothers

I understand that Mike Tucker, the drummer mentions that he got his start on the Mesquite Opry.

You know he is Robert and Jo Ann Tucker's Son.

Robert is still on the [Rodeo City Music Hall] opry. Jo Ann was not a singer but she was a volunteer at the [Mesquite] opry way up into the 1980's and Jo Ann and Robert Tucker introduced me to John Ingram way back in the 1970's.

Just thought that would be a great connection. Mike is and has been their drummer for a long many years and
the Bellamy's just love him.

I have been knowing Mike since he was a small child. I did Jo Ann's hair in my Beautician days and you know that was in the real early 1970's.

[Editor's Note: later that day Janet responded to a question of mine and added some interesting details.]

Yes, first I met Jo Ann Tucker (Robert's first wife) while I was a beautician down in Seagoville in about 1971 or so. We were good friends.

After Claude McBride passed away and I was a widow, I kept going to the Longhorn Ballroom sometimes because we could get in free. So Jo Ann and Robert loved Country Music and on nights when some big star was there, I'd get us all a front table and we'd just go and 'hang out' and see a wonderful show.

By 1976 Robert was working at the Dallas County Sheriff's Office and John Ingram was his sergeant. I told Robert that he must know a nice (single) deputy who would like to meet a nice (single) woman and sure enough, he introduced me to John Ingram. That was 1976.

Robert and Jo Ann had a troubled marriage but we still stayed friends with them both. Jo Ann Tucker was one of the volunteers who helped us so much when we started the Mesquite Opry Show.

Robert started singing at the opry and Jo Ann was still there each week helping us out. Emma started singing there and was married to another man. Before long she was married to Robert and they were together for nearly 20 years. Yes, Robert sings at Rodeo City sometimes.

Emma and Robert are now divorced. Robert and Jo Ann Tucker are the parents of Mike.

I am transferring the old opry vcr tapes to DVD and that is what started all of this stuff [about putting a link on our website to the Bellamy Brothers]. I am doing the tapes from 1987 and Mike is so good. I emailed his Mom who then told me about Mike mentioning the opry in his bio.

 

December 8, 2006


Please click to see a larger version.

Look at the cool photo of me on the left side and also the cool photo of Double Portion right in the middle.

This is in the sponsor packets being mailed out.

Janet

 

December 8, 2006

Thi is Jody Miller (Queen of the House) with myself, Mike Shirley and Zack and others.

All of us were her back up band at the Gene Autry Oklahoma Closing Show Sunday Oct. 1, 2006.

The date under photo is wrong. It is 10-06.

 

December 8, 2006

Thi is Grace Anne who came from Mississippi November 25th. She's a very talented 8 year old and has already added yodeling to her shows.

I enjoyed spending so much time with her and her family.

 

November 13, 2006


[Re: WMA Festival later this week]

My song "A Cowgirl's Dream" w/Patsy Montana is up for Song of the Year - among five finalists.

Quite an honor.

 

November 5, 2006


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The photo of our little friend is beautiful (Kaylen Shipman at Rodeo City Music Hall November 4, 2006). She is very talented and just a sweetie also.

Their second child is so cute and I love to hear her do her part. Seeing that smallest one 'just be herself' and so just a wonderful job was also a 'highlight' for me.

She wants up there with her sisters 'so bad' and she showed them 'she could do it also'.

I am really happy they were there.

I feel like there will be some 'future kids' come off of that stage. It has always been more open to the kids than any other opry in the area.

 

October 24, 2006


Please click to see larger versions.

Doris Garling took this photo of the Girl Trio at Gene Autry. She noticed we had the other one up but she sent this one also.

She made it an 8X10. I love it.

Janet

 

October 19, 2006

[Editor's Note: this message pertains to the one dated September 22, 2006 below.]

I emailed these fellas today to see what kind of response I'd get to my asking how the project went.

This is what they said. Thought you'd like it. Janet


From: David Trier-Mørch"

´Hey

It went great, thank you so much for helping us.

Our teachers were very happy with the website and especially the "behind the Yodel" section as we called it!

They said that it was very original and it helped give a modern spin to the website.

Best regards  David


 

October 18, 2006

www.cowboypal.com has some photos on his site from Gene Autry, Oklahoma.

They have the three yodelers, but they also have a Vamps photo that I am in and also have current photos of Emalea Dell and Chelsea Beck, two of our young yodelers, plus maybe some other photos.

Thanks to Jerry Baumann, who is a big Gene Autry fan and a Janet fan, for sending in the picture of myself with the three yodelers. CowboypPal.com is a very popular site.

You'll love the Vamps. They're just a group of ladies who love the Gene Autry Museum and all gather there each year. Sometimes I can't be in their annual photo because they have me singing somewhere but this year I made it in time.

 

October 16, 2006

We were going to sing at the [Dallas State] fair today, and might still if the rain stops. We're inside but still, depends on the rain. The Cowtown Opry adults sing at noon to 2 and from 4 to 6.

I plan on trying to make it. We are on the Dr. Pepper Stage inside the Food and Fibre building.

 

October 12, 2006


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This was such a good yodeling trio.

Jeannie Cahill, Judy Coder and Janet did a trio yodeling set. This photo was taken at the end.

I hope to have a DVD of the set and, if so, will see that you get the great rendition we girls did of 'I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart'.

[Editor's note: Stage lighting caused the original of this photo to be a bit dark, so the webmaster fiddled with it a bit in Photoshop.]

 

October 9, 2006

Our day with Buckaroo's at the State Fair was so cool. I hope someone will send me a photo of it.

Fair goers loved the two hour presentation of Buckaroo's singing. I loved it too.

 

September 24, 2006

FYI, Barbara Fairchild will appear one night only at the Smith Center Kansas High School Auditorium. This concert is sponsored by the Cedar Kansas Memorial Depot Festival on Friday Night May 25th, 2007 at 7:30PM.

All seats for the Barbara Fairchild Concert are $10 each. Seating is limited and tickets can be purchased now by calling 785-871-7146.

We will be appearing at the Cedar Depot Festival in the city of Cedar May 25, 26 and 27. I am excited that we will be able to talk with Ms. Fairchild again.

[Editor's note: Barbara Fairchild appeared two different times as Guest Entertainer at the Mesquite Opry, under Janet's ownership, some years ago.]

 

September 22, 2006

A group from Europe wants to create a yodeling website. They sent Janet a questionnaire, and she answered each item in it.

Enjoy!

1. How did you get into yodeling (your first experience)?

I let out my first 'yodel' at age 8. It was the greatest noise I had ever made. I was hooked from that day to this.

2. Tell us a bit about your background.

The year was 1942. My parents had moved from California to Maine which was their home. They purchased a small house in a 'rural' area called North Whitefield where we lived until January 1 1947. I was able to practice what I loved to call yodeling by just going outside where not a soul in the world except my family could hear me.

I only knew enough words to Chime Bells in those early self taught yodeling days. We had no electricity so the luxury of radio or phonograph was not available to me except on some Saturday Nights when Dad would bring the car battery in and hook it up so that we could hear The Grand Ole Opry and The Wheeling West Virginia Jamboree until the Battery ran down.

When the family moved back to California in 1947, the radio became my best friend where I could hear more yodelers and learn more yodeling songs. My family purchased a guitar for me and by 1949 I was able to play enough chords for my Father to present me with a 1949 Martin Guitar for Christmas. I sang at talent shows with my siblings, sang in school and local music venues that would let children sing.

3. What qualities should a good Yodeler have?

The desire to be a good yodeler is most important because the will to practice is what makes someone good, better or best.

4. How much time do you spend on your career?

When I retired from a life of having a 'day' job, I could then devote as much time as I wanted to a career. I began recording professionally in the 1960's but couldn't make any real noise in the business.

I didn't record or persue much of a career in the 1970's while raising my three children but in 1979 I auditioned for a local opry type show and the desire to get back on stage was back.

In 1981 my husband John and I purchased an old abandoned theater in Mesquite TX and began a 15 year run with the Mesquite Opry Saturday Night Show (this allowed us to keep our 'day' jobs).

5. Are you playing at any upcoming events, if yes, can they be found online?

Yes I still perform some. I will be appearing next weekend (Sept. 28-29-30 Oct. 1) at the Gene Autry Music and Film Festival in Gene Autry Oklahoma. I will hold two yodeling workshops while there.

I will also be in Albuquerque New Mexico for the Western Music Association Festival November 26-24-25. I will host the WMA Yodeling Contest on Thursday Nov. 26th.

Yes, they both are online.

6. In your mind, who is the greatest Yodeler?

Greatest Yodelers. Wow, there are so many. My Heroes have always been yodelers. The really great ones would change depending who is talking.

Some of my all time picks would be Elton Britt, Patsy Montana, Rosalie Allen, Kenny Roberts, Carolina Cotton, Betsy Gay, Montana Slim and Yodeling Slim Clark and Mary Schneider but I have learned something from all of them.

I didn't get to meet all of them but I've learned yodeling patterns from them all my whole life. The Australian Yodelers are some of the best also.

I am still listening to and learning yodel patterns from yodeling tapes and CD's that are sent to me from all over the world.

My aim is to spread 'YODEL SEEDS' to as many young people as I can so that the ART OF YODELING won't ever fade away.

Thanks y'all, Janet McBride

 

September 14, 2006

Hello y'all,

The long anticipated release of 'The Rough Guide to Yodel' has arrived. It is truly something else.

There are 18 cuts on it. My cut is # 2 following a little 1 minute 19 seconds of a yodel lesson taken from a school or library session of yodeling with Cathy Fink.

My song on the CD is "A Yodeling Addiction" followed by an eclectic group of Hawaiian, Irish, Alpine and some yodeling folks with some stuff like I never heard before. There is even a song titled "Yodeling Robot".

This CD is released World Wide and is on the internet.

Carolina Cotton, Mike Johnson and Kenny Roberts are other names I recognize.

Just catching you up on this project. Janet

 

September 11, 2006

Dear Janet,

It has been a long time since I communicated but I wanted to let you know that the ROUGH GUIDE TO YODEL is out at the end of September featuring your highly appreciated "Yodeling Lesson". It is the opening cut.

I begin shooting the yodel movie in October in Wisconsin because of the variety of yodel styles in a small area... this is only an initial filming and we hope to include you in the film.

I attach the press release. I guess you will receive a contributor's copy soon...

Thanks for all of your connections and contacts.

I hope all is well with you.

Bart Plantenga

Above is an image of the Press Release. Clicking it will bring up a readable version.

 

September 11, 2006

Editor's Note: this message was received from Mukai by fax. One page was written in Japanese, and accompanying that page was this English translation.

Janet McBride

Mukai asked me to write in English to let you know how wonderful it was to see you again.

Mukai was so surprised to see you without knowing you’d be there ... so surprised and glad you remember.

You are looking fine. Mukai is 65 years old and loves Country Music and you do so well.

Are you going to do next year’s too?

If so he’ll come back from Japan to come see you.

Thank you so much. Remember me and keep in touch.

Mukai

Translated by: Yukiko Puhger

August 15, 2006

The Cow Town Opry and Buckaroo's are going to be at the State Fair!

On October 8, the Buckaroo's, which includes me and John, Devon and Chuck Dawson and Sourdough Myres, will be in the Food and Fiber Building for a Buckaroo's Performance.

That's big news for the kids. We will try to gather some of them up and make a great impression.

August 13, 2006

We just got home [from the Buckaroo's session in Fort Worth, Texas]. We stopped at John's favorite Mexican Restaurant in the Fort Worth area and had dinner.

The kids were just awesome. Kacey Musgraves came and sang for the Buckaroo's for her last Buckaroo performance. She turns 18 on the 21st. She signed photo's and CD's for the kids. She is just such a doll.

August 13, 2006

Re: Wayne Horsburgh

He is just the nicest fella and a hit with the ladies.

He's such a wonderful talent, though I have only met him at WMA in 1993 and 1994, and then at Fan Fair when we used to go.

Just a really talented guy and a wonderful singer and yodeler.

August 12, 2006

[Editor's note: Here, Janet amplifies the information concerning next year's Patsy Montana Festival, referenced in our Catherine Bowler announcement.]

The Patsy Montana Days 10th anniversary and The Janet McBride Yodel Camp dates for 2007 are June 1-2-3.

I will be holding yodeling sessions June 1 & 2 and will be on site to answer questions and talk yodeling for all three days.

August 11, 2006

There is a video of Catherine Bowler on St. Louis TV that is great. Catherine is the girl who won the Patsy Montana Yodeling Contest this June, 2006.

[Editor's note: we put a link to that video on our Features page in the Young Yodelers section.]

Catherine had an all expense paid trip to Hollywood to film a TV Pilot for the new Network TV Talk Show with Megan Mullally. The Talk Show will air September 18th and, hopefully, they will use a clip of Catherine, but no one can be sure of that yet.

[Editor's addition: Catherine attended the three-day Janet McBride Yodel Camps in June 2004, 2005 and won in 2006. The camp will be held again next June. You can email our site for information on how to attend.]

August 10, 2006

The August Texas Highways Magazine has a really nice article on Cowboy Crooners: 'Don't Fence Me In,' by Gene Fowler. You can find it on line.

[Editor's Note: You can find the beginning paragraphs of the article at this link, or by clicking on the photo immediately above.]

Page 46 is where it starts but on page 51 there is an inset that is titled 'When In Doubt Yodel'.

Down in that article it says: "Texas 'Yodel Queen' Janet McBride of Mesquite has imparted the secrets of the art to young songbirds like Le Ann Rimes and Kacey Musgraves."

Kacey Musgraves will be at the State Fair on Oct. 1 on the main stage with her band. Big stuff!

August 8, 2006

There is a video of Cassidy Rose Graves on the Internet. She's singing "Santa's Yodeling Song" at a theatre in Pigeon Forge Tennessee.

[Editor's Note: You can find a link to that video on our home page.]

We did the show in Kingston with Double Portion and their girls. Man the kids are cute.

Jamie and Bruce did a wonderful set. We also did our thing. Got home late but had a good time.

Hope all are well.

July 17, 2006

We sang at The Cambridge Court Retirement Home in Mesquite this morning. We want to thank Jamie and Bruce for inviting us to 'fill in for them,' as Bruce had a church conference he couldn't miss.

We had the best time and so did the residents. They loved what we did. Great bunch of people, and we will appear there next month and September also.

Bruce and Jamie appear at Cambridge Court regularly, and now, so do we.

June 26, 2006

This Email is a response to the webmaster's request for further illumination regarding people in the photo below. Jamie is formerly Jamie Shipman, who sang regularly with The Shipman Family at the Mesquite Opry, and with the Light Crust Doughboys in their resurgence under the co-producing of Art Greenhaw, former band leader at the Opry and producer/performer/song writer in his own right.

Yes, Bruce Kassab is her husband. He is a nice guy and he and Jamie seem quite happy together with their three little girls. Two of the girls are singing with them.

Les Gilliam is a fine man and a wonderful singer. He sang on the Big D Jamboree way back when. He raised his family but still did some singing. He now sings his country and western music all over and is very much in demand.

He was born and raised in the town of Gene Autry and was there while Gene lived there. He has some wonderful stories about 'Mr. Autry' as he calls him.

June 25, 2006

Thought you'd like this one. This was taken at the Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum 6-17-06.

Pictured are Bruce, Jamie, Janet, and Les Gilliam.

Editor's Note: Mr. Gilliam is the official “Oklahoma Balladeer”, so designated by the Oklahoma State Legislature in 1998. You can learn more about him here.

June 24, 2006

From Martha Harper, Lindsay Beth Harper's mother:

Leonard Werner has now added Lindsay to his play list on WDVR FM in NJ. He said he heard her on Janet's website.

She is also going to be featured in "Country Musical Trails Less Traveled" soon. It is a bi-monthly newsletter by P. Jay Taylor.

Editor's Note: We placed a copy of Mr. Werner's broadcast on our Audio page.

June 15, 2006

Hello.

Watch me tonight [June 15] on the SciFi Channel movie "The Black Hole" - 8:00 Central time. I play the President.
Thanks.

Ermal
Ermal as JOHN WAYNE

"Have a great day, Pilgrim!"

June 14, 2006

We're good. We had another grandchild (yep) yesterday. She weighed in at 9lbs10 oz. Oh my.

Went to see her today. Cute little baby girl McBride. Proud Gram you know.

me

June 6, 2006

Hi All,

Thought you'd love this photo.

Left to Right:

Amanda Gabucan, Callie Maxwell, Emma Jane Pendleton, Janet, Christine Gabucan, Chelsea Beck (2005 Gold Medal Winner of the Patsy Montana Yodeling Competition), and Catherine Bowler (2006 Gold Medal Winner of the Patsy Montana Yodeling Competition).

Click the photo to see a larger version.

Other award winners were:

Callie Maxwell, Silver Medal Winner 2006

Christine Gabucan Bronze Medal Winner 2006

Janet

May 9, 2006

I have received a copy (this week) of the top played records in the town of Lewiston, Idaho at the very popular radio station there.

This is how we stacked up.

The following chart was published in the Cowboy Troubadour Magazine Spring, 2006 edition.

KRLC Radio Station in Lewiston, Idaho

Tommy Tucker's (DJ) Top 50 Western Singles for 2005
#2 Janet McBride A Cowgirl's Dream

Top 10 Western Gospel Albums
#3 Janet McBride Gospel Country

Top 40 Western/Western Swing Albums
#13 Janet McBride Happy Yodeling Cowgirl

 

May 8, 2006

Buckaroo's did great. We moved it up to give all of the Moms of those kids the day off for Mothers Day.

 

April 25, 2006

My grandaughter is in hosp. at this moment delivering my new great grandaughter. I haven't heard back but it was guestimated to arrive by 5pm. We'll see.

[Later that day] 9 lbs 7 oz. Now that's a big girl.

[Following day] We went by on the way home from the little gig [Allen Senior Center in Allen, Texas with John Buttram] and she is a very pretty little baby.

 

February 17, 2006

Hi everyone,

I just finished watching a DVD sent to me by my friend Mike Johnson, who calls himself "the #1 Black Yodeler."

The DVD is 3 hours of the Sonny Rodgers Yodelers Paradise Show at Avoca, Iowa in 2000.

It is really good, and available for purchase for $10.00 from:

Mike Johnson
Roughshod Records
P. O. Box 100834
Arlington, VA 22210

I am on this particular show. This is the year I lost my voice, but I did OK. You can hear that I am hoarse, but I evidently dropped my keys enough, or picked songs I could handle, and it came off OK.

John sings Molly and Yodelers Dream with me which gave him a time to shine also.

Just thought I'd mention it.

Janet

[Editor's Note: Don't ya just love the way Janet downplays her skills?]

 

January 30, 2006

Hi all,

Signed a contract for my song A Yodeling Addiction to be released on The Rough Guide To Yodel.

This is a compilation of yodeling songs being released worldwide from England.

Also, in the middle of March we go to Rawhide for the Festival of the West. Yippeeeeeee!

That's about it. All is well.

Janet

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