FACES: Women of Country Music in the Mountains
page of Dolly radio station, with the slogan turn me on... on the front door to the site, gives a lot of info on the Smoky Mountains and on tourism in the region. Included are things like road conditions and weather.
The radio station also has a Dolly Parton photo page
Kathy Mattea
Kathy Mattea serves today as the voice of West Virginia in country music.Kathy's Official Home Page is among the most developed sites on the Web and is filled with information and opinions from Kathy.
On the site is a list of her songs that have made the Top 10. Among them:
- "Love at the Five & Dime" (# 3, 1986)
- "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" (# 1, 1988)
- "Where've You Been" (# 10, 1989)
- "She Came From Fort Worth" (# 2, 1990)
and - "Walking Away a Winner" (# 3, 1994)
| Given name: | Kathleen Alice Mattea |
| Born: | South Charleston, West Virginia |
| Date of Birth: | June 21, 1959 |
| Married: | Jon Vezner |
| Hobbies: | Sailing, Cooking, Snow Skiing, Jogging, Gardening |
| College: | West Virginia University, studied engineering |
Kathy also has a long list of awards, including both the 1988 CMA and ACM - Single of the Year for "Eighteen Wheels & A Dozen Roses" (the song also won Song of the Year from the ACM); the 1989 and 1990 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year award and the 1989 ACM Top Female Vocalist award; two Song of the Year awards for "Where've You Been"; the 1990 Grammy for Best Country Performance/Female; the 1993 Grammy for Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album for the album "Good News"; the 1997 CMA Video of the Year award for "455 Rocket"; and the 1998 Nashville Music Award for Country Album of the Year for "Love Travels".
Mattea's music has begun in recent year to take on more of an inspirational tone: "After ten years of making records, I re-learned to marry my creativity and my spirituality," Mattea said in a recent interview.
Patty Loveless
I remember standing on Patty Loveless Blvd. in Elkhorn, Ky., a couple of years ago in the middle of summer. I had taken my wife and kids over there to swin in the Russell Fork of the Holstein River, a little upstream from Patty's hometown. Driving into town, we past a little place called the Snake Pit, just on the Kentucky side of the Va-Ky. stateline. It was July and the weather was as warm and humid
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