No roster of durable rock veterans would be complete without Ann and Nancy Wilson, the sisters who have fronted the band Heart for nearly forty years. The sisters may not have founded the band, but they quickly became its public face, and Ann's smoking vocals defined its sound, even as its musical format shifted with changing times.
Their performing style and their song-writing talents provided definitive proof, as Janis Joplin had before them and Chrissie Hynde would shortly join them in doing, that a woman could rock as hard, as dirty and as unreservedly as any man. They sang about losing their virginity, having one-night stands and raising children on their own without apology, and Ann's tough delivery brought to the lyrics a distinctive mixture of relish and regret that made the songs memorably ambivalent. But they could also write delicate ballads, which Nancy often sang. One of their biggest hits remains 1978's gentle duet, "Dog and Butterfly".
Part 1 (July 28, 2005 broadcast)
01. Sand
02. Kick It Out
03. Straight On
04. Oldest Story In The World
05. Perfect Goodbye
06. These Dreams
07. Battle Of Evermore
08. Love Song
09. Lost Angel
10. Magic Man
11. Crazy On You
Part 2 (Aug. 4, 2005 broadcast)
12. Bebe Le Strange
13. Fallen Ones
14. Make Me
15. Even It Up
16. Dog And Butterfly
17. Alone
18. Things
19. Love Alive
20. Enough
21. Barracuda
22. Black Dog
23. Misty Mountain Hop
Heart: Soundstage – Live (2005) [2011, Blu-ray]
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