Below are sentiments Janet offered when learning of the passing of Eddy Arnold this morning, May 8, 2008.

I never personally met him but I have a note here (that I might be able to put my hands on) from him.

John called his office one day to find out the address for mailing my 'Yodeling Tribute' recording way back when it was brand new in 1981. Eddy Arnold answered the phone.

I am sure you can imagine the shock that was to John. The note I have was in response to my record. In the tribute I mention his name.

Anyway, he was a 'giant' in the business and even though his only actual 'yodeling' recording was Cattle Call, he was one of my 'heroes'.

He was a great role model for many many generations of country and western entertainers over the years and then he became a 'mega star' when he had his own very successful NETWORK 'TV' show and was tops on the pop charts.

He invested his money in the town of Brentwood, Tennessee and no doubt became a millionaire from his investments.

No one bigger in Country Music in my book.

Janet

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Says Janet, about the scan above: I must have written for a photo for the Mesquite Opry's Yodelers Wall of Fame.

You can read two articles on Mr. Arnold by clicking the links below:

• MSNBC's Associated Press Article
• CMT Website Article

One of Janet's family members is, according to Janet, "a whiz" on creating MySpace pages, and so she did one for Janet. You can see the page by clicking the photo above.

Janet's friend Mike Johnson placed a video of Janet and John performing on the Sonny Rodgers Yodelers Paradise Show at the August 2000 Avoca Old Time Country Music Festival.

Just click the picture above to go there. Thanks Mike!

Janet just wrote an Email to the Buckaroos regarding Kacey's big win. You can see that Email on our Calendar page.

Janet sent in a number of pictures from her gigs on recent weekends. We are in the process of adding them to the site.

You can see two which involve Kacey (one of them with Chandler Bennett) by going to Kacey's page, and clicking the link with red asterisks in the menu on the upper right hand corner.

LeAnn Won CMT's "Collaborative Video of the Year" award for 2008 with Bon Jovi.

You can read her response and see all of the award winners by clicking the banner above.

In the spring of 2008, Janet made several performances at the prestigious Dallas Arboretum. We added photos from those performances to our Features page.

Janet comments about these appearances on our Calendar page in the "Previous" section.

We also placed a link to the Arboretum website on our Links page. You can see it by clicking the "On Stage" tab.

A big "Thank You" to Ms. Ruthie Rogers for this honor!

Janet had sent the above photo and others of Chelsea over the past two years, and we have now updated our Chelsea Beck page with those photos.

You will find them in a new section titled "Photos - 2006 & 2007." Some of the pictures included in that section are new to this website, and others are presented there a second time for your navigational convenience.

Pat Boileson recently sent out her publication of Janet's **February-March 2008** Fan Club Newsletter. In it, among many other features, Janet continues the tale of how she met her husband John Ingram.

She starts with the phrase: "when I first met Jo Ann Tucker" and ends with "John Ingram never gave another guy a chance to spend even one minute with me." There are also photos of "Janet's Kids" and much more!

You can see Janet's Fan Club web page on Pat's website here.

Thank you yet again, Ms. Pat, for your hard work regarding Janet!

Janet received a new award from the Cowtown Opry, and she shares the details with us on our Calendar page in the "Previous" section.

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This was the same show in which Cheryl Rogers Barnett (pictured above), daughter of Roy and Dale Rogers, appeared!

We added thirteen additional pictures to Janet's Scrapbook album, which you can see by clicking the "Scrapbook" button on our Photos page.

In 1989, Janet wrote an article regarding the MCMA and, in it, told a bit of her story. We placed that article for viewing on our Museum page. You can see it by clicking the first listing with the red asterisks.

Janet recently announced that her Mesquite Opry Videos are going to be shown on the Texas Broadcasting Network website!

You can see the August 6th, 1994 concert by going to www.texasbroadcastingnetwork.com and clicking on Janet's picture.

It's an Awesome Show!

Janet created a DVD of the entire concert in which she appeared with the Doughboys at the Pocket Sandwich Theater in 1993.

We put a picture album of screen grabs from that DVD on our Photos page.

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