Steven C. Bartlett was born in Seattle, Washington on June 12, 1951. He has lived most of his life in Washington State. On Dec.6, 2004 Steve married his second wife Janet Rose, and they moved to Yelm, Washington on 9 beautiful acreas. They still live in Yelm, Washington on those beautiful acreas in the the shadow of beautiful Mount Rainier.An accomplished bass guitarist and, Steve played for years in Seattle area clubs. Two of the bands he played for in Seattle can be found on PNWBands--'Good Blessing'-1971, http://pnwbands.com/goodblessing.html and 'Cheeseburger Deluxe' 1972 to 1975. http://pnwbands.com/cheeseburger.html There are others not listed here. He got his love of music from his father, Morgan Bartlett Sr. who showed up in Steve's 3rd grade class and played a tune...that inspired Steve to go into music, and his brother, Country Blues Singer/Songwriter-- Russell Bartlett . Go to http://www.russellbartlett.com/ . Steve studied music at Edmond's Community College.
He has performed with many great musicians in this area, including Alvin Earick, Kevin Christiansen, H.D., Peter Pentras, Robert Patroci, Natalie Cline, Steve Knopp, Ron Reid, Bruce A. Smith, Bruce Haney, Tod Lemkuhl, Michael Harrison, Miguelito Fieldman, Kindee, Sonia Pina, Jay Silcilia, Scott Ercoli, Andy Carroll, Jon Baroni, Robert Standly, Tom Keeslar, John 'Scooch' Cugno, Martin Salinas, Kenny WilliamSon, Colette Smartt, Dawn Emelia Young, Jimmy Harris, Dion Taylor, Dave Bray. Terra Jean Chambers, Tamborine Borrelli, Aaron McLean, Shelly Ely, Sheryl Clark, Steve Sarandos, Cara Powers/Clarke, Stefan Abuan, Doug Skoog, Laurie Johnson, Neil Fallen, Tom Murphy, Tod Thompson, Jessica Blinn, Daven Tillinghast, and many other well known area artists. Steve's powerful bass solos are one of the amazing features of his performances.
He also plays guitar. His first wife, Julie Trainer was a fine keyboardist and singer, he and Julie played several years together in Washington State and Canada. His step-son, Julie's son Scott Trainer is a great musician in Wyoming. Steve has taught some bass guitar privately in the Olympia area.
Janet Rose-Bartlett was born in San Jose, California. She was raised in Spokane, Washington, where she married Ernesto Barela in 1971 after finishing nurse's training at Spokane Community College in 1970. They lived in Cholula, Mexico and Lodi, California. They raised two beautiful children [Crystal and Martin] when moving back to Spokane, Washington in 1974 . She studied Electronics at Spokane Tech. Institute and owned Pepperwood Chimney Sweeps from 1982 to 1990, where she did the office, phone, taxes as well as being a certified chimney sweep, she became the first woman Certified Wood Stove Installer in the State of Washington. Ernie and she also owned 7 rentals which they managed while she did nursing, in her spare time. [WOW...What a Woman--Jan-Smile].
In 1990, they moved to Yelm, Washington. Janet continued her training in Ramtha's School of Enlightenment, which she began in 1985.
In 1994, Jan was diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa --It took several years for her to learn to enjoy food and eating and knowing 'I'm more than a size'. Now, many of her blogs deal with recipes, food and the 'Art' of eating and being comfortable in any size body. YUM. ["realize now --this 'anorexia' was the beginning signs of MS"--Jan]
Janet and Ernie divorced in February 1995. She met Steve Bartlett November 1995 in Olympia, Washington. One of the first things she noticed was his natural talent on the bass guitar. They started living together in May 1996 and moved to Yelm. Steve was also a student in RSE, starting in the early 80s, when his mother, Elisabeth Bartlett introduced him to the teachings.
April 1999, Janet was diagnosed with MS. that same year she had a spinal fusion that went very wrong and left her with brain damage, unable to move her left side. The doctors' wanted her to go to a nursing home. She talked them into rehab...Steve came everyday and helped her walk again, they used what Ramtha had taught her in School, amazing the doctors. And, she recovered.
Steve continued with his music and they played together in the Olympia area for a couple of years, Jan did percussion and vocals but, she never enjoyed performing in front of people but loved music...and hearing Steve play.
Now, They live simply on their land, Steve helps Janet onto the computer each day...where she works on several blogs and websites she's created to keep her brain active.. http://www.wormguys.com/ , she broke her left arm and shoulder a few years ago in a fall and now only uses one finger on her right hand to type and create.
They raise compost and fishing worms. Steve makes worm bin composters. Enjoy this site and welcome.
Jan's nickname to many is 'Sister', ordained in June 2004.
Photo by Crystal Sincoff, Jan's daughter
