Kicking & dreaming A story of Heart, soul, and rock and roll

Ann Wilson, 1950-

Book - 2012

Heart, fronted by Ann and Nancy Wilson, has given fans classic, raw, and pure badass rock and roll for more than three decades. As the only sisters in rock who write their own music and play their own instruments, Ann and Nancy have always stood apart. By refusing to let themselves and their music be defined by their gender, and by never allowing their sexuality to overshadow their talent, the Wilson sisters have made their mark, and in the process paved the way for many of today's female artists. Here, they recount a journey that has taken them from a gypsy-like life as the children of a globe-trotting Marine to the frozen back roads of Vancouver, where they got their start as a band, to the pinnacle of success--and sometimes excess. ...Through it all, the sisters drew from the strength of a family bond that trumps everything else.--From publisher description.

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Published
New York : ItBooks c2012.
Language
English
Main Author
Ann Wilson, 1950- (-)
Other Authors
Nancy Wilson, 1954- (-), Charles R. Cross
Edition
1st ed
Physical Description
279 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780062101679
  • Prologue
  • 1. The Lady Axe Killer
  • 2. The Big Five
  • 3. Dust Off Your Shoes
  • 4. Meet the Beatles
  • 5. Blood Harmony
  • 6. Cryin's in the Chapel
  • 7. A Boy and His Dog
  • 8. She's Here to Sing
  • 9. The Whisper That Calls
  • 10. The Impossible Perfect Thing
  • 11. The Northern Lights
  • 12. Burn to the Wick
  • 13. Natural Fantasies
  • 14. Ocean upon the Sky
  • 15. Blows Against the Empire
  • 16. Heartless
  • 17. Leave It to Cleavage
  • 18. Junior's Farm
  • 19. The Battle of Evermore
  • 20. Live from the DoubleTree Inn
  • 21. The Other Half of the Sky
  • 22. The Boys March In
  • 23. Send Up a Flare
  • 24. I Can See Russia
  • 25. Hope and Glory
  • 26. Glimmer of a Dream
  • Acknowledgments
  • Heart Is
  • Permissions
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

As founding members of the rock band Heart, Ann and Nancy Wilson achieved musical stardom with hit songs like "Crazy on You" and "Barracuda." Now the sisters' firsthand account of their lives and musical careers takes center stage-with Ann and Nancy narrating this compelling audio edition. Despite hailing from a suburb in Washington State, Ann and Nancy got their start in Canada-a country that would eventually claim them as its own. In fact, the accent of this adoptive nation can be heard in their voices as they reminisce about the past, with stories about Marlon Brando's eyes, Mick Jagger's lips, and Def Leppard's party prowess. Their respective readings reveal an almost gloomy longing for happier days past, but also wisdom that they garnered after enduring the ravages of rock 'n' roll success. Narrated in gritty, smoky bass tones, this is an enthralling listen that will have fans captivated for hours. An It Books hardcover. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Shared memoir by the Wilson sisters, driving forces behind the band Heart and pioneers of the hard-rock scene for countless female musicians. "We never took up that cause on purpose--it was accidental, or at best the fate we were born to," writes Wilson. "We were naive, young, and unwilling to believe that we couldn't do something just because we were females." The sisters were part of a very musical family. Both parents were accomplished musicians who always had opera, jazz, folk or country music playing. The family, including older sister Lisa, would sing together on road trips. Ann received a guitar while home sick from school for several weeks, but it was Nancy, four years younger, who took to it. When they saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, the sisters knew they wanted to be rock stars. As teenagers, Ann and Nancy performed together for family, friends and eventually small crowds. They were hooked. Since the 1970s, Heart has had top-10 hits in four different decades and sold more than 35 million records. With the help of Cross (Led Zeppelin: Shadows Taller Than Our Souls, 2009, etc.), the sisters take turns describing the highs and lows of being females in a male-dominated world, the loves that led them to write "Magic Man" and "Barracuda," the joys of motherhood and partying with rock legends. "When I first auditioned for Heart and sat in with my sister's band back in those Vancouver cabarets, I never imagined that I was signing up for a life under the microscope," writes Nancy Wilson. "Seeing my personal failures highlighted in the press was a price of fame, but it was a steep cost." An interesting duet that details precisely how women truly rock.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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