"Where've You Been?" was written by Jon Vezner and Don Henry. Jon Vezner (husband of Kathy Mattea) wrote the song about his grandparents. The song was written for Kathy Mattea, who initially refused to record it, saying it would be too difficult to sing in concerts without crying. Co-writers Jon Vezner and Don Henry pitched the song all around Nashville. Everyone loved the song, but no one wanted to record it. In the end, Mattea finally relented and recorded the song the way it had originally been presented to her - a simple arrangement with guitar, piano, and upright bass.. She recalls: "It's a true story about Jon's grandparents. They had both gotten very sick and were in the same hospital, but didn't know it. His grandmother had been slowly losing it, and she didn't recognize anybody. She was in unfamiliar surroundings, so she finally quit talking altogether. Jon was there visiting, and he was up seeing his grandfather; he said to the nurse, "Has anybody brought him down to see her?" She said no, and he asked if he could do that. "They said yes, so he wheeled his grandfather into his grandmother's room. His grandfather kept stroking her hair, saying, "Look at her hair. Nobody has hair like grandma," and she looked at him and said, "Where have you been?" It was the first thing she had said in weeks. "When Jon told me the story for the first time, it was before we had even gotten engaged, and he just cried and cried. When he played the song for me and the first chorus .... + Informações

Music video by Kathy Mattea performing Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses. (C) 1987 Mercury Records. + Informações

Music video by Kathy Mattea performing The Battle Hymn Of Love. (C) 1990 Mercury Records. + Informações

Music video by Kathy Mattea performing 455 Rocket. (C) 1997 Mercury Records. + Informações

1992 Music Video by Kathy Mattea from the Lonesome Standard Time album. "Standing Knee Deep in a River [Dying of Thirst] (Bob McDill-Bucky Jones-Dickey Lee). Joining Kathy is the amazing John Hiatt on guitar! The keyboard player in this video has been identified by a fellow YT user as Gene Lorenzo.. + Informações

APPALACHIAN: of a wild and beautiful mountain land, a genre of distinctly American music, and for many, the deep roots of family. For Kathy Mattea, it also represents an essential piece of her musical education and heritage. In 2012, Kathy will release a collection of songs that celebrates the Appalachian culture of her native West Virginia. To quote Kathy herself, "This album is about home." Kathy has gathered songs and stories of bravery, pride and grief that further define and describe the life and times of her home place. 2008's Grammy nominated COAL was her first step to discovering this vast and rich genre of music that producer Marty Stuart allowed was "in her blood," taking her back to the lore of family stories and to her place and her people. Kathy's concerts present her new and most recent material alongside her Top 20 radio hits: from the signature ballad "Where've You Been?" to the bluesy "455 Rocket" to the iconic "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses." Long known as an impeccable songcatcher, her 17 albums are woven through with bluegrass, gospel, and Celtic influences, and have garnered multiple CMA, ACM, and Grammy Awards. Increasingly in demand as a public speaker, Kathy regularly presents keynotes and educational programs at colleges and civic venues across the country, both as a stand-alone and in conjunction with concert appearances. Her long history of activism has led Kathy to bring public attention to several current environmental issues, including .... + Informações

Kathy is preparing to release her new album "Calling Me Home," a musical journey through Appalachia and it's amazing musical heritage. Here Kathy talks about the project and provides us with a taste of what you can expect to hear.. + Informações

Kathy Mattea. Robert Bowlin of Bill Monroe and Wil Maring fame on acoustic guitar.. + Informações

Beautiful song sung to Mary, mother of Jesus. + Informações

Kathy Mattea sings the Country Music Classic she made a hit, 18 Wheels and A Dozen Roses. + Informações

2008 Philadelphia Folk Festival. + Informações

Music video by Kathy Mattea performing Come From The Heart. (C) 1990 Mercury Records. + Informações

Music video by Kathy Mattea performing Asking Us To Dance. (C) 1991 Mercury Records. + Informações

From her 1992 record "Lonesome Standard Time" this is KATHY MATTEA performing "SeeDS" (Alger, Murphy, Murthy) live.. + Informações

Kathy Mattea's opening number with students from the Berklee College of Music at the "Kathy Mattea Meets Berklee" concert, March 10, 2011 at the Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA - Set List: 1 of 12. + Informações

Music video by Kathy Mattea performing Time Passes By. (C) 1991 Mercury Records. + Informações

Music video by Kathy Mattea performing Nobody's Gonna Rain On Our Parade. (C) 1994 Mercury Records. + Informações

?BLOG? ameblo.jp ?SONG TITLE? From a Distance (Julie Gold) ?ARTIST? Kathy Mattea ?ALBUM? Time Passes By(1991). + Informações

Genre-crossing singer and West Virginia native Kathy Mattea appears on Mountain Stage with Larry Groce, recorded on the road in Grand Marais Minnesota. You can hear this episode on the radio beginning November 4th. For a list of stations and times when you can hear Mountain Stage, visit mountainstage.org Stream this entire segment, and many others at NPR Music: www.npr.org You can download entire broadcasts of Mountain Stage for FREE via our podcast, available from iTunes and Feedburner: itunes.apple.com feeds.feedburner.com Learn more about Mountain Stage at mountainstage.org. + Informações

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"Seeds" as performed by Kathy Mattea on her album Lonesome Standard Time (1992, Mercury Records), (c) UMG.. + Informações

Performing the title track from her 1995 record "READY FOR THE STORM" this is KATHY MATTEA with Graham Nash on harmony vocal and Jerry Douglas on that sweet Dobro of his. This was on a Ricky Skaggs program. Please EnJoY!. + Informações

www.mattea.com Kathy Mattea performing with the Nashville Symphony at the Schermerhorn Symphony Theater, Nashville Tn on March 23, 2012. The heartrending "Where've You Been," which Mattea's husband Jon Vezner co-wrote with singer/songwriter Don Henry, reached #10 on the country chart and won her a 1990 Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal.. + Informações

Filmed in Austin, Texas, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1997 TV special to commemorate the release of their first Christmas album (aptly titled "The Christmas Album"). Special guests were Aaron Neville, Kathy Mattea, Nanci Griffith, the Austin Children's Choir, and John McEuen.. + Informações

2009 West Virginia Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony co-host Kathy Mattea sings "Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia" / "Take Me Home Country Roads" with Tim O'Brien, Charlie McCoy, Bob Thompson, Michael Lipton, Don Dixon, and Ammed Solomon.. + Informações