Kathleen Alice Mattea was born on June 21, 1959 in South Charleston, WV to John & Ruth Ann Cappellanti Mattea. Raised in Cross Lanes, WV, Kathy studied engineering at West Virginia University. She began singing country music in 1983 and married her husband, Jon Vezner on February 14, 1988. Kathy is a singer/songwriter and her instrument of choice is guitar. Her first major hit was “Street Talk.” Two songs that Kathy is known for are “Where’ve You Been” and “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses”.