Heart - Live in Phoenix 1981 '2025

Tracks list

	Tracklist:

1. Bebe Le Strange (live) (03:11)
2. Magic Man (live) (03:19)
3. Even It Up (live) (04:13)
4. Raised on You (live) (04:15)
5. Dog & Butterfly (live) (04:57)
6. Mistral Wind (live) (07:02)
7. Crazy on You (live) (04:13)
8. Rockin' Heaven Down (live) (05:57)
9. Barracuda (live) (04:06)
10. Break (live) (02:14)
11. Straight On (live) (03:38)
12. Strange Night (live) (04:41)
13. Down on Me (live) (04:49)
14. Rock and Roll (live) (04:58)


 moreThe daughters of a Marine Corps captain, Ann (born June 19, 1950) and
Nancy Wilson (born March 16, 1954) grew up in both Southern California and
Taiwan before the Wilson family settled in Seattle, Washington. Throughout their
formative years, both were interested in folk and pop music; while Ann never
took any formal music lessons as a child (she later learned to play several
instruments), Nancy took up guitar and flute. After both sisters spent some time
at college, they decided to try their hand as professional musicians, and while
Nancy began performing as a folksinger, Ann joined the all-male vocal group
Heart.

Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Heart was actually formed in 1963 by
bassist Steve Fossen and brothers Roger Fisher and Mike Fisher; initially dubbed
the Army, they later became White Heart before settling on simply Heart at the
beginning of the '70s. After her arrival in the group, Ann became romantically
involved with guitarist Mike Fisher; when Nancy joined in 1974, she in turn
began a relationship with guitarist Roger Fisher. Soon after Nancy's arrival,
Mike Fisher retired from active performing to become the band's sound engineer.
After gaining a following in Vancouver, Heart were approached by Shelly Siegel,
the owner of the Canadian label Mushroom and, augmented by keyboardist Howard
Leese and drummer Michael Derosier, they recorded their debut album, Dreamboat
Annie, in 1975.

After selling more than 30,000 copies north of the border, Mushroom issued the
LP in the U.S., where it quickly achieved platinum status on the strength of the
hit singles "Crazy on You" and "Magic Man." In 1977, Heart jumped ship to the
CBS affiliate Portrait, resulting in a protracted legal battle with Siegel, who
in 1978 released the unfinished LP Magazine on Mushroom shortly after the band
issued its true follow-up, Little Queen, on Portrait. The single "Barracuda" was
another massive hit, and like its predecessor, Little Queen sold over a million
copies.

After 1978's Dog & Butterfly, both of the Wilson/Fisher romances ended and Roger
Fisher left the group. In 1980, Heart issued Bebe le Strange; following a
lengthy U.S. tour, both Fossen and Derosier exited and were replaced by
ex-Spirit and Firefall bassist Mark Andes and former Gamma drummer Denny
Carmassi. After 1982's Private Audition and 1983's Passionworks slumped, the
group was largely written off by industry watchers, and moved to Capitol
Records.

In 1985, however, Heart emerged with a self-titled effort that ultimately sold
more than five million copies on its way to launching four Top Ten hits: "What
About Love?," "Never," the chart-topping "These Dreams," and "Nothin' at All."
Arriving in 1987, Bad Animals continued their comeback success; "Alone" was
another number one hit, and both "Who Will You Run To" and "There's the Girl"
achieved considerable airplay as well. Brigade, issued in 1990, featured the
number two smash "All I Want to Do Is Make Love to You" as well as the Top 25
hits "I Didn't Want to Need You" and "Stranded." In the early '90s, the Wilson
sisters took a brief hiatus from Heart to form the Lovemongers, an acoustic
quartet fleshed out by Sue Ennis and Frank Cox; in 1992, they issued a four-song
EP that included a cover of Led Zeppelin's "The Battle of Evermore." Heart
returned in 1993 with Desire Walks On, on which Andes and Carmassi were replaced
with bassist Fernando Saunders and drummer Denny Fongheiser. With 1995's The
Road Home, Heart enlisted onetime Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones to produce a
live acoustic set, reprising hits like "Dreamboat Annie," "Crazy on You," and
"Barracuda."

Heart were on hiatus by the late '90s, as the Wilson sisters concentrated on the
Lovemongers, issuing a pair of albums: 1997's Whirlygig and 1998's Here Is
Christmas. But Heart weren't completely silent: they were the subject of one of
the better episodes of VH1's Behind the Music; a pair of best-of sets were
issued (1998's Greatest Hits covered their early classics, while their later
years were spotlighted on 2000's Greatest Hits: 1985-1995), and their music
continued to pop up in movie soundtracks (2000's The Virgin Suicides, among
others). In 1999, Nancy released her first solo album, Live at McCabe's Guitar
Shop, and a year later penned the score to her husband Cameron Crowe's hit
motion picture Almost Famous, while Ann continued to play with others -- in the
summer of 2001, she participated in the A Walk Down Abbey Road: A Tribute to the
Beatles tour, which also featured Todd Rundgren, John Entwistle (the Who), and
Alan Parsons (the Alan Parsons Project). Heart returned to active recording for
Jupiters Darling, released on Sovereign Artists in 2004, and issued Dreamboat
Annie Live (a live performance of tracks from the band's debut album, recorded
in Los Angeles in 2007) three years later. Red Velvet Car, an all-new collection
of original material, was released in August 2010.

Heart picked up the pace in 2012. In June, Legacy released the retrospective box
set Strange Euphoria. In September, the Wilson sisters became authors with the
publication of their memoir, Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and
Rock & Roll. Capping off the year was Fanatic, a collection of all-new studio
material that appeared in October. A seasonal Christmas album, Home for the
Holidays, appeared in 2014. The Wilson sisters and a host of collaborators
completed the recording of a new album in early 2016. Entitled Beautiful Broken
(for a bonus cut from Fanatic), the album included ten tracks that balanced new
material and re-recordings of songs that originally appeared on albums between
1980-1984 -- the band felt they weren't captured correctly the first time. The
set also featured a guest appearance from Metallica's James Hetfield on the
title cut. Beautiful Broken was released by Concord in July. © Jason Ankeny



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