by Ann Wilson
(Courtesy of Kelly Curtis)
ANN: Backstage before a show in 1980.
(© 2012 Neal Preston)
NANCY: Me, Ann, and Winny on the farm in Washington.
(1980 © Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS)
ANN: Here are the Connies: me, Sue Ennis, and Nancy. “The Mighty Three.”
(1980 © Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS)
NANCY: Hamming it up with Bernie Taupin.
(1980 © Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS)
ANN: At Studio 54 in New York City with our great friend Kelly Curtis.
(© Marcia Resnick 1979)
NANCY: I had begged for tickets to see Elton John just a few years prior. Now we were hanging out at Studio 54.
(© Marcia Resnick 1979)
NANCY: Shooting some footage of our fans in Orlando, Florida. We were on tour with Cheap Trick.
(1980; © 2012 Neal Preston)
ANN: Here we are in 1980.
(1980 © Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS)
NANCY: In 1979 our dad had a debilitating stroke, but his love of music never waned. He always loved to hear us play.
(1984, courtesy of the Wilson family archives)
ANN: At Cher’s show at Caesars Palace.
(1981; courtesy of Kelly Curtis)
NANCY: Just before “I do.”
(1986, courtesy of the Wilson family archives)
ANN: Bad Animals!
(Late 1980s)
NANCY: At the Bridge Show Benefit in 1993. Graham Nash, Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Eddie Van Halen, Neil Young, Sammy Hagar, and Bonnie Raitt.
ANN: The Lovemongers meet Hilary Clinton in Portland, Oregon. Me (with my daughter, Marie), Nancy, the First Lady, Sue Ennis, Frank Cox, and Barb Hoyt (kneeling).
(1996, courtesy of Eric Johnson)
NANCY: With Cameron and our two boys, Billy and Curtis.
(2000, courtesy of the Wilson family archives)
ANN: My family on tour: daughter Marie, me, Nancy, Gretchen Gove, my son, Dustin, and our sister, Lynn.
(Early 2000s, courtesy of Eric Johnson)
ANN: Onstage together.
(2011, courtesy of Sue Wood)
NANCY: Starting a new life with Geoff. Geoff, me, Kelly Curtis, and Ann.
(2012, courtesy of S. Anderson)
Acknowledgments
The Medal of Honor goes to Seattle’s own Charles R. Cross upon the occasion of his commitment. He went with us to the heart of our story and helped us tell it with honesty and pride: a true human being and rock fanatic. Thank you, C.
Love and gratitude to the rest of the Big Five, those with us and those forever in our hearts: Lynn Wilson, Lois Dustin, and John B. Wilson USMC (ret.).
Many thanks to Sue Ennis, Kelly Curtis, Michael Fisher, Roger Fisher, and Mike Flicker. To Carol Peters and her team, including Sue Wood, Sacha Guzy, and Megan Brody, we appreciate everything you do for Heart.
To the book people, thank you for helping to make this a reality: Carrie Thornton, Calvert Morgan, and everyone at HarperCollins, and Sarah Lazin and Manuela Jessel at Sarah Lazin Books.
The authors would especially like to thank the following people who sat for interviews for this book, or provided photographs, documents, or research materials: Dick Adams, Sherri Anderson, Mark Andes, Burl Barer, Duane Baron, Faith Bentley, Julie Bergman, Mark Bowman, Denny Carmassi, Michael Castanada, Frank Cox, Art Crowder, Kelly Curtis, Mick Echoe, Linda Elves, Sue Ennis, Roger Fisher, Michael Fisher, Mike Flicker, Steve Fossen, Geoff Foubert, Don Grierson, Rolf Henneman, A. C. Ice, Mike Inez, Eric Johnson, Roger, Keagle, King County Library System, John Kohl, Howard Leese, Ron Nevison, Pat O’Day, Don Passman, Kim Pedone, Neal Preston, Marcia Resnick, Roger Ressemeyer, Lisa Richards, Mary Roberts, Barry Samuels, Seattle Public Library, Norman Seeff, Neal Skok, Ben Smith, Mark Sullivan, Suzie Walsh, Lynn Wilson, Sue Wood.
Credits
Jacket design by Jarrod Taylor
Cover photograph © Mark Sullivan/Getty Images
Heart Is
Ann Wilson (1972–present)
Nancy Wilson (1975–1995, 2002–present)
Ben Smith, drums (1995–1998, 2002–present)
Craig Bartock, guitars (2004–present)
Debbie Shair, keyboards, synthesizers (2004–present)
Dan Rothchild, bass guitar (2012–present)
Former band members
Steve Fossen (1967–1982)
Roger Fisher (1967–1979)
Don Wilhelm (1967–1969)
Ray Schaefer (1967–1969)
Gary Ziegelman (1969–1971)
James Cirrello (1969–1971)
Ron Rudge (1969–1971)
Ken Hansen (1969–1971)
Debi Cuidon (1969–1971)
David Belzer (1971–1974)
Jeff Johnson (1971–1974)
Mike Fisher (1972–1974)
John Hannah (1974–1975)
Brian Johnstone (1974–1975)
Howard Leese (1975–1998)
Michael Derosier (1975–1982)
Mark Andes (1982–1992)
Denny Carmassi (1982–1993)
Denny Fongheiser (1993–1995)
Fernando Saunders (1993–1995)
Scott Olson (1995–1998; 2002–2003)
Jon Bayless (1995–1998)
Scott Adams (1995)
Frank Cox (1995–1998)
Mike Inez (2002–2006)
Tom Kellock (2002–2003)
Darian Sahanaja (2003–2004; 2007)
Gilby Clarke (2003–2004)
Ric Markmann (2006–2009)
Kristian Attard (2009–2012)
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