World’s Largest Teapot And Kathy Mattea Has Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, what you find along the way on summer road trips can be as interesting as where you’re going. Inside Appalachia Associate Producer Zander Aloi has this story about a world-famous roadside attraction in the town of Chester.

Also, in this show, our Mountain Stage Song of the Week comes to us from Grammy-winning musician Kathy Mattea before she became the full-time host of Mountain Stage. We listen to her 2013 performance of “Coal Tattoo,” written by fellow West Virginian Billy Edd Wheeler and appears on her 2018 album Coal.

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Our Appalachia Health News project is made possible with support from CAMC and Marshall Health.

West Virginia Morning is produced with help from Bill Lynch, Briana Heaney, Caroline MacGregor, Chris Schultz, Curtis Tate, Emily Rice, Eric Douglas, Liz McCormick, and Randy Yohe.

Eric Douglas is our news director and our producer this week.

Teresa Wills is our host.

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