NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: Kathy Mattea (R) performs onstage during the 56th Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala at Music City Center on October 26, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: Kathy Mattea performs onstage during the 56th Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala at Music City Center on October 26, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: Kathy Mattea performs onstage during the 56th Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala at Music City Center on October 26, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: Pat Alger speaks onstage during the 56th Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala at Music City Center on October 26, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: Pat Alger speaks onstage during the 56th Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala at Music City Center on October 26, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: George Strait (C) speaks onstage during the 56th Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala at Music City Center on October 26, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: (L-R) Bob DiPiero, Dean Dillon, George Strait, Jeffrey Steele, Lee Thomas Miller, Lee Thomas Miller, Gary Nicholson, Bill Anderson and Victoria Shaw speak onstage during the 56th Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala at Music City Center on October 26, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: (L-R) Kix Brooks, Mark Ford, Bob DiPiero, George Strait, Jeffrey Steele, Lee Thomas Miller and Gary Nicholson speak onstage during the 56th Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala at Music City Center on October 26, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)