Welcome to a very special Father's Day edition of Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.

I'm Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living magazine.

I'm thrilled for you to join me along with four spectacular guests as we discuss how

their dads have influenced their cooking, their music, and their way of life. If you'd like to

hear these interviews in full, dig through our previous episodes for more talk about what being

Southern is all about. Kicking us off this week is a conversation I had with fiddle player Janay Fleener,

whom you may have seen as a member of the house band on NBC's The Voice,

as well as on tour with stars like Blake Shelton, Martina McBride, and Rascal Flats.

As Janay began to learn her instrument as a kid,

her dad challenged himself to learn along with her, making for some long-lasting memories.

So what did your folks do when you were growing up?

My dad was actually retired when I was born, and mom retired by the time I was, I think, 10 years old or so, but they worked at the VA

and medical records. So dad took care of me when I was really little. He sat me in front of

Sesame Street while mom went to work and basically every weekend, I started playing violin

when I was three years old. So every weekend was music involved. We'd go to talent shows and bluegrass festivals and we always had a camper.

So every weekend we were going to all kinds of music stuff. Fiddling. I played classical music. I started in classical music. So there was also a lot of traveling for workshops for classical

music as well. But yeah, we were always moving. That's what I remember. And it was a lot of fun. I got to

spend a lot of time with my parents, and I'm really grateful for that. And your parents were both pretty

musical, right? Well, mom, she didn't have an ear, although she could read music.

She grew up, I think, taking piano lessons, and she could play some chords on the piano,

but it didn't really come natural.

And I think my dad really had the ear.

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