It wasn’t until she met her husband Rick that she was persuaded to leave a lucrative career and pursue her childhood dream. After endless house of practicing and auditioning, Janis and Rick became a musical duo. They packed up a VW Bus and with son, Scott and Dog Jackson, they hit the road touring the southeastern coastal United States. It wasn’t long before they realized they were spinning their wheels in the wrong direction and they headed to Nashville where Janis’ dream began to become a reality.

In 1978, Janis had her first top-ten song, After Hours, recorded by Joe Stampley. Shortly thereafter, Janis sang a duet with Moe Bandy which garnered the attention of RCA Records, where in 1980 she signed her first recording contract. A year later, joined by husband Rick, she was signed by Jimmy Bowen to Elektra Asylum Records and they began a four-year recording career, following Bowen to Warner Bros. And then to MCA Records. Their biggest release was the self-penned Does He Ever Mention My Name.

In 1984, Janis gave birth to their daughter Bevin, and her focus shifted from changed record labels to changing diapers and writing songs in the little spare time she could find. Now with Bevin in a teenager, Janis is back to writing full-time joining the peermusic team of writers in 1995.

Janis, along with Rick and Chip Harding, co-wrote three top ten singles by the whites; You Put the Blue In Me, Hangin’ Around and Pins And Needles. She also had numerous album cuts by Reba McEntire and Eddy Raven, Lacy J. Dalton, the Kendalls, Karen Brooks, J.C. Jones, Steve Wariner and others. She is looking forward to the title track and first single to ALABAMA’s upcoming RCA release, When It All Goes South.