Jeannie Clark Fisher grew up in Middletown, New Jersey, a suburb about 50 miles from New York City. She began piano study at age 6 and picked up the guitar when she was 13. A few years later, she started performing the popular folk music of the day and her own original songs at several intimate venues near her home, including the Red Bank Coffeehouse. It was there that she met Bruce Springsteen, a budding folk and rock musician fresh out of high school. She became the opening singer/guitarist for his band Steel Mill and they played in the New Jersey area, occasionally traveling to Richmond, Virginia. (You can read Jeannie's comments about this era.) Her last gig with Bruce was as a "Zoomette" in the Dr. Zoom and the Sonic Boom band in 1971. He went on to become famous and she went back to college in the Finger Lakes region of New York. She got her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance at Ithaca College.

Since moving to Texas, Jeannie has performed music in a variety of styles ranging from country dance bands and restaurant piano bars to the Dallas Opera Chorus and operetta/Broadway programs. She has appeared as a guest soloist with university and community orchestras and bands. When she discovered in 1996 that Judi Altstatt also owned and played a mountain dulcimer, her folk roots reemerged. She revived many of her favorite traditional ballads and returned to writing songs for Twice As Far.