Hotline Feature – Kathy Mattea: Grand Ole Opry Induction, Friendship, and Full-Circle Moments
Country music icon and Mountain Stage host Kathy Mattea joins Dave Weekly on Hotline to reflect on her emotional induction into the Grand Ole Opry, a career milestone shared with close friends Trisha Yearwood, Terry Clark, and Susie Bogguss. Mattea shares heartfelt memories from the ceremony, the story behind surprising Bogguss with her own Opry invitation, and what it means to join a century-old musical family. She also previews the upcoming Mountain Stage show in Morgantown, celebrating a new season of live West Virginia music
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