As seen in
Guitar Girl Magazine Issue 4 – Sister Acts – June 2018
Becoming a rock star is a terrific dream, but one that only very few ever realize, and for those who achieve success, many end up at the wrong end of unscrupulous agents or abusing drugs and alcohol, which ruin their lives. But this real-life story of two very close sisters, Ann and Nancy Wilson, who lived an all-American life growing up in the ‘60s, idolizing the Beatles and learning to play music from their inspiration, is a story that is not only remarkable but quite uplifting.
After all these years, Ann Wilson, the leading force of the rock band Heart, later joined by her sister, Nancy Wilson, persevered and sustained success over some 30 years! The story in Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll, the biographical account of Heart and the Wilson sisters released in 2012, covers their early life in a very close family who referred to themselves as the “Big Five” including Ann, Nancy, their mother, father, and older sister Lynn, and chronicles the artistic development, success, disappointments, and ultimate triumph of Heart.
My hope and feeling is the sisters will work through their current issues because, after all, they have heart!
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~Updated 2/26/24
Heart is back at it and touring in 2024!