July Podcast - Heart (1985 Remixes)

The podcast for July features the 1985 self titled album Heart. Most of the songs are remixes with one of my favorite Heart songs from this era, "The Wolf." Although many seem to think this is when Heart sold out, I disagree. Ann and Nancy Wilson, as well as long time writing partner Sue Ennis are credited with writing some of the songs. 1960's icon Grace Slick also ad's backup vocals on the song "What About Love," which says a lot itself.

Heart is the self-titled 8th album released by Heart, in 1985. The album completed the band's transition into a pop group, a genre that yielded the band its greatest success by far, as demonstrated in this album. The album marked the band's Capitol Records debut, and it spent 92 weeks on the U.S. Billboard 200 and became the first and only album of the band's to hit number one. Sales reached quintuple platinum, and the band was officially back in business after a lull in sales. This album also yielded the first number-one single for the band: "These Dreams". There were also four other hit singles on the album: "If Looks Could Kill", "What About Love", "Never", and "Nothin' at All". -Wikipedia

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Crazy on You in Hawaii

A clip of Heart doing Crazy on You at their show in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 5th. You can see Nancy do her signature kick close up in this one!

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Alone on Canadian Idol

A contestant from Canadian Idol takes his turn at butchering the song Alone. If this is pain to your ears, don't worry, you can hear Ann sing it live this summer on tour! Here is the video of Mark Day from Canadian Idol.

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Dreamboat Annie Live on Vh1 Classic

‘Rock Across America’ with VH1 Classic!

Network Celebrates 4th of July Weekend with Classic American Music Beginning Thursday, July 3

‘Heart: Dreamboat Annie’ to Premiere on Sunday, July 6 at 10 PM

NEW YORK, June 25 /PRNewswire/ — VH1 Classic is celebrating some of America’s most influential music icons from all regions of the United States this July 4th weekend. Beginning on Thursday, July 3 through Sunday, July 6 the network will “Rock Across America” and dedicate one day to each region of the country including the East, Midwest, South and West. The 4-day marathon will include some of the greatest concerts known to the rock ‘n’ roll world and will give an all-access look into the lives of these American music greats that helped shape the classic rock culture. Throughout the holiday weekend that celebrates America, classic rock fans across the country will be able to relive the memories with artists like Bruce Springsteen, James Brown, KISS, The Temptations, Tom Petty, Heart and more. -Report taken from therockdose.com

On April 17, 2007, the iconic rock group and Seattle natives, Heart took the stage at The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles in front of a live audience to perform their spectacular 1976 debut album “Dreamboat Annie” in its entirety for the first time ever! Songs performed by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson include “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man” and “Dreamboat Annie.”

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Win Tickets to the July 11th Show

KSL.com is having a contest to win concert tickets!

Now is your chance to win tickets to see Journey, Heart, and Cheap trick in concert at the USANA Amphitheater on July 11th. Enter Here.

July 11th - West Valley City, Utah

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Ann Wilson Quote

Ann Wilson reflects on her beginnings

"I think that point was probably when I was, probably about 18, I was a senior in high school. It became, to be, a thing where I could be in a band and, and play in a bar, you know, and make some money at the end of the week and ding, it dawned on me, yeah, you know, I could do this."

Well, Ann is still going strong. Heart kicks off a tour with Cheap Trick and Journey on July 9th in Englewood, Colorado. -Link

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Ann and Nancy at Scottsdale

This is a photo from a few months back when Heart played the Westworld of Scottsdale. By the looks of it this was backstage either before or after the show. This was discovered on the A Bit of Britt BlogHere is an excerpt from the post. "Nancy and Ann Wilson from the incredible group "HEART". The concert was amazing with Emerson Drive kicking off the evening. Then the Wilson women came on stage....... To see Ann Wilson play the guitar is inspiring. Nancy Wilson can still sing her heart out(no pun intended)."

I think the writer of this blog has the two mixed up. Remember, Nancy is the Blond and Ann is the Brunette! :)

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Eagle 106.5 - Win Tickets!

Eagle 106.5 welcomes Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick to the White River Amphitheater on Friday, September 19th and Eagle has your chance to win tickets! We'll give away a pair of tickets to the show each day of the Benton Franklin County Fair in August! The fair is located in Kennewick, WA.

You wanna win? Stop by the Eagle booth each day of the fair and enter to win!

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Summer Tour Promos

The tour is coming up! Kicking off on July 9th in Denver, CO, at the Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre. Fiddler's Green Amphitheater was formerly known as Coors Amphitheater.

The summer tour will also take them to the Mandalay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 18th. This is taken from their website www.MandalayBay.com, which also include an audio spot and video for the event!

Three legendary rock bands are teaming up for what is sure to be the tour of the summer. JOURNEY, Heart and Cheap Trick are heading out on the concert trail and will stop at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Friday, July 18.

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Happy Birthday Ann Wilson!

Happy Birthday to the legendary rock vocalist Ann Wilson!

Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1950 in San Diego, California) is the lead singer and flute player of Heart.

When she was a child, Wilson's family moved around because her father was a Marine Corps colonel. The family eventually settled in Bellevue, a suburb of Seattle, Washington. Shy due to a stutter, Wilson turned to music, and in the early 1970s she joined a local band, Whiteheart, which, in 1974, changed its name to Heart.

Ann adopted her daughter Marie in 1991 and her son Dustin in 1998. She underwent a weight-loss surgery called Adjustable gastric band in January 2002 after what she calls "a lifelong battle" with her weight.

Ann with Sister Nancy Wilson

In 1974, Ann's younger sister Nancy joined Heart. The band moved to Canada, and cut their first album Dreamboat Annie in Vancouver in 1975; it was released in the United States in 1976. In 1977, Little Queen was released. Ann also sang the duet "Almost Paradise" with Mike Reno in the movie Footloose. She also had a hit with "Surrender To Me" in 1989, a duet with Cheap Trick singer Robin Zander, which reached #6 in the U.S.

Ann and Nancy started a recording studio, Bad Animals, in Seattle in the mid-1990s. They formed a side band, The Lovemongers, which performed Battle of Evermore on the soundtrack to brother-in-law Cameron Crowe's 1992 movie Singles, and later released a four-song EP. The Lovemongers' debut album Whirlygig was released in 1997.

Ann Wilson and Bonnie Raitt

In 2006, Ann began recording her first solo album, Hope & Glory, produced by Ben Mink, and released by the Rounder (Zoe) Music Group on September 11, 2007. Hope & Glory features guest appearances from Elton John, k.d. lang, Alison Krauss, Gretchen Wilson, Shawn Colvin, Rufus Wainwright, Wynonna Judd and Deana Carter. Ann's sister, Nancy, also contributed.

The Hope & Glory version of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" is available on Ann's Official My Space page, and charted as "the #9 most podcasted song of 2007" on the PMC Top10's annual countdown.

Watch the Queen of Rock perform one of Heart's signature songs, Crazy on You, live on Much Music Canada in 1993. In the end of the video you can hear Nancy say ..."thats my sister."



I just had to include the video of the fabulous Vinnys covering Heart's "Anything is Possible" from the album Desire Walks On. They dedicated this to Ann for her birthday. Great job guys!

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New Heart Press Release

AUTHORIZED HEART BIO HITS BOOKSHELVES AMIDST RESURGENT 2008 FOR BAND

Jake Brown’s “Heart: In The Studio” Focuses on Artistry That Made Heart Rock Legends
Coincides With Flurry of Reissues & High-Profile 40-Plus Date National Tour

(Los Angeles) This year continues to be the one where the formidable legacy of the rock band Heart coalesces into multi-generational recognition of their legendary stature and considerable and enduring influence. And bringing further power to the process is the publication by ECW Press this month of the book “Heart: In The Studio” by Jake Brown.

Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson contributed exclusive interviews to the book, which as its title implies concentrates on the creation of their 30 million selling catalog of classic albums and such timeless hits as “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” “Straight On” “These Dreams,” “Alone” and others. The author also spoke with longtime Heart guitarist Howard Leese as well as producers Mike Flicker, Ron Nevison, Keith Olsen and Ritchie Zito to grant readers a genuine behind-the-scenes look at the artistry, creativity and craft that results in a musical legacy with eternal appeal and fostered Heart’s status as groundbreaking rock music icons.

“Heart: In The Studio” also provides a key to understanding why Heart remains “a vital and creative rock’n’roll unit and a force to be reckoned with,” as All Music Guide said of their last studio album in 2004, Jupiter’s Darling, whose re-release this month coincides with the publication of the biography. Readers of the book will be able to also enjoy the landmark music whose creation it documents with the May release by Epic/Legacy of a two-fer package of the band’s multi million selling albums Little Queen (1977) and Dog & Butterfly (1979) as part of the debut of the X2 series and on July 8 another Heart package that contains 14 of their biggest and most beloved songs in the bow of Epic/Legacy’s Playlist line.

This year has also seen high-profile evidence of Heart’s continuing appeal to and inspiration for new generations of music fans and performers. Ann & Nancy Wilson’s performance of “Barracuda” with contemporary superstar Fergie on the recent “Idol Gives Back” charity TV special was one of the hit segments of the event, and their songs remain favorites with “American Idol” competitors like last season’s finalist Carly Smithson, who names the band as her top influence. Ann Wilson has recently been writing songs for the red-hot pop star and actress duo Ally & AJ, who have often been compared in the media to the Wilson sisters.

As Heart hit the road on a three-month national tour with Journey and Cheap Trick to demonstrate the band’s continuing potency in live performance, their biographer Jake Brown recently noted what many of Heart’s fans and followers have also been feeling: “Heart has had its due coming for a long time now, and hopefully the next year will see their much-deserved induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.”

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Heart at the Waikoloa Hilton

A photo of Heart at the Waikoloa Hilton in Hawaii on June 13th.
Thanks to Heart Monger Maui for the pics!

And here is the set list!

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Playlist: The Very Best of Heart

Now listed on Amazon.com and to be released on July 8th!

First they went platinum...Now they're going green.

Your best loved music in its simplest form.

20 best-selling "Greatest Hist" & "Best of" collections now

available in a new eco-friendly package.

1CD in card wallet packaging - no plastic, no booklet - just great music!

Booklets are available online through a unique URL on the package.

Thanks Rob Astor from the Heart boards for the find.

Live: Soundstage (2008)
This title will be released on August 5, 2008.

Few rock bands can claim a successful three-decade spanning career; a feat even more impressive for a female-fronted band! Often hailed as the "female Led Zeppelin" Heart dominated the classic rock realm with their debut album 1975's Multi-platinum Dreamboat Annie. Songs like "Crazy on You" and "Magic Man" from the debut as well as Little Queen's "Barracuda" remain rock staples today. HEART: Live captures sisters Ann & Nancy Wilson in a powerful Soundstage concert recorded in high definition and 5.1 Surround Sound. Smash hits like "Barracuda" and "Even It Up" share equal billing with the 80s ballad-tinged "These Dreams" along with new songs from their latest album. For the fan that has everything this 21 song set includes a rare cover performance of Led Zeppelin's "Battle of Evermore' and bonus interviews with Ann and Nancy. This was first reported on the Heartlinker.

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Heart Book on Backorder?

This was taken from the Heart: In the Studio Myspace page. Check that out here. The book is already available online through Amazon.com.

’HEART: In the Studio’ Books are IN!! Debuting this weekend at BEA

I got an email from my editor at ECW Friday letting me know that 'Heart: In the Studio' had arrived back from the pressing plant! There are already 1000 backorders among chains for the book throughout North America, and many more likely to follow once the annual Book Expo of America has concluded Sunday, so this title will be available to Heart fans around the country in stores very soon!! It may also be pre-ordered (if you can't wait, :-) at Amazon.com, and other related online retailers like Barnes & Noble, Borders, etc. We also will receive word within the next few weeks regarding the status of whether the book will in fact be sold at Heart concert dates this summer, so keep your fingers crossed on that one! We are anyway, but the end-goal I have had from the beginning with this title is to celebrate this wonderful band and their extraordinary landmark of 30+ years in the business, owning a lion-share of the responsibility for carving out a niche for female musicians in the traditionally male-dominated Rock & Roll business... Well beyond that, the book seeks to focus on the specific vehicle by which that landmark was achieved: HEART's WONDERFUL catalog of HIT albums and singles. Anyway, this has been almost a year in the making, and it hopefully will be something that honors the band's legacy, and is a 'good read' for Heart fans, and broader Rock fans as well... Heart has had its due coming for a LONG TIME now, and hopefully, the next year will see their much-deserved induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and their first new studio LP in 5 years!!

ECW Press

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Alone in Hawaii Video

Another video from the Honolulu, Hawaii show on June 5th. If you don't get chills listening to this then you need your pulse taken. Listen to the crowd singing along with the amazing Ann Wilson.

You can also watch Nancy Wilson sing These Dreams here.

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Barracuda Video

More raw concert footage from Youtube. I am actually not sure what venue this was, but I believe it was a private show. The description for the video is as follows:

I got to see Heart in concert tonight at my husband's work function. I was 3 people back from the stage! It was AMAZING!

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Immigrant Song in Honolulu

Heart live in Honolulu on 6/5/08. Ann Wilson sings her amazing version of this classic Led Zeppelin song!

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Nancy In Hawaii

From The Heart
by Ron Jacobs

Last night I went to my first rock concert in this century. To see Heart, the Wilson sisters, Nancy and Ann, who blew up Honolulu's Blaisdell Concert Hall to a packed house. My date was future Hawaiian Idol, the very hapai Millicent Cummings, a Nancy Wilson fan from way back.

The hall was packed, every seat full, Heart fans standing and screaming throughout. Roaring ovations brought the ladies back again for two encore hana hou. The entire band is hot.

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Heartmonger1457 from the Heart boards shared the set list with us. Here it is!

Wild Child
Magic Man
Straight On
Love Alive
Mistral Wind
Immigrant Song (Zeppelin)
Dog & Butterfly
You Wreck Me (Tom Petty)
These Dreams
Alone
Love Reign O'er Me (The Who)
Barracuda

1st encore: Goin' To California & Crazy on You (Zeppelin)
2nd encore: Dreamboat Annie

Check out a few more photos from the show here.

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Barracuda at Blaisdell

Watch Heart preform Barracuda at the Blaisdell Concert Hall on June 5th HERE.

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Honolulu Report

A Heart Monger posted this comment about the Heart show in Honolulu:

"WOW!!!!!!We just got home from the Heart show at the Blaisdell in Honolulu. I've been going to concerts for 30 years and they were hands down the best show I've ever seen. Ann's voice is amazing on their albums but to hear her in person is to hear the most incredible singer who doesn't need a mic and is never off. Two encores and we all wanted more. If you get the chance, go see his show. "

Check out a photo from this show here.

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June Podcast

The Summer concert tour has kicked off with a show in Honolulu on June 5th. There is a lot of excitement brewing about the upcoming tour with Journey and Cheap Trick, so this podcast will give a small sampling of what it is like to be at a Heart show!

The podcast for June features a live show from Pomona, California. The concert was on September 8, 2001, just days before the release of Ann Wilson's solo album Hope & Glory. This set features 2 songs from that album, the John Lennon song Isolation, and Led Zeppelins Immigrant Song. Although this is of "bootleg" sound quality, you can tell by the excitement of the crowd that this is going to be one hell of a show. You can listen to the show at the bottom of this blog.

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Heart Play Hilton Waikoloa

Waikoloa June 13, 2008

HILTON WAIKOLOA
ON SALE NOW!!!

Heart will perform live at Hilton Waikoloa Village in the Grand Ballroom for what will undoubtedly be one of the Big Islands most compelling musical events of 2008. The Seattle based rock band is led by the unmistakable voices of the Wilson sisters and known for timeless hits such as "Barracuda," "Crazy on You," "These Dreams," and "What About Love?" among several others. Heart is set to showcase their first new studio album in nearly 12 years, Jupiter's Darling, at this performance.

Heart has always followed their creative impulses making them one of the most innovative, legendary and enduring musical partnerships of all time. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., the opening act takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. and Heart performs at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at www.kingmichelconcerts.com and at all Big Island A'ama Surf & Sport locations, CD Wizard in Hilo, all Big Island Surf locations and Kohala Essence in the Main Lobby of Hilton Waikoloa Village. Tickets are $60 in advance and $70 at the door. For more information visit www.kingmichelconcerts.com or call King Michel Concerts at 808-345-3100.

Hopefully some photos, reviews, and a set list from the June 5th show will be available soon, so check back!

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Heart Book Hits Shelves Today

Heart: In the Studio by Jake Brown is released today! Included are photos and exclusive interviews with band leaders Ann and Nancy Wilson. Order your copy by clicking on the cover!

From Amazon.com

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