Ann Wilson
Dear class of 2010,
On the morning of June 7, 1968 I was a confused kid. I was seventeen, and the day before I had stood with my graduating class at our commencement ceremony at the Seattle Opera House after narrowly achieving graduation with a 2.3 grade average. Life at Sammamish High School had been an academic and social battle for me so I was very happy and relieved in the moment.
Ann
Question: So I hear you have an album in the works?
Answer: Yeah, it’s in the hands of the record guys now. They’re all sitting around in an office somewhere deciding when to put it out. It’ll probably be out in the beginning of the fall.
Q: You’re calling your new album “Red Velvet Car”?
A: There’s a song on the album by that name, and the red velvet car, as I see it, is like a soul ambulance, a friend who comes to save you when you’ve hit bottom. It’s the warm support car that you can get into when you’re standing in the rain.
Q: Did you sit down and talk about what kind of album you wanted to make?
A: We didn’t sit down and quantify it. We were writing all these songs and because of the life experiences we’d all been having the past several years, there seemed to be a thread that naturally wound through a lot of these songs. And that thread is travel and movement. It’s kind of a road album, but in a positive way. It isn’t one of those road albums that goes, “Oh, I’m so bummed out on the road.” (laughs) “Here I am . . . on the road again. And I’m really upset.”
YouTube uploader and maker of the film, bconsitt: Here is the vocal range for legendary rock and roll artist, Ann Wilson from Heart. If there is any woman who has dominated rock and roll over the last 40 years, it is definitely Ann Wilson. She has the vocal authority to sing hard rock songs like Crazy on You, Even It Up or Magic Man and then with ease, change her voice on a dime and belt out love ballads like, Alone. A master of voice manipulation and a range that covers over three octaves, Wilson is the perfect rock singer.
Lower Chest
C#3, D3, E3, F3
Upper Chest/Belting Register
C5, C#5, D5, Eb5, E5, F5, F#5, G5, G#5, A5, Bb5
Head Voice
A5, Bb5, B5, C6, C#6, D6, Eb6
Thanx for making this bconsitt!
Having no knowledge about octaves, I have always thought that Ann was a 4 octave singer, possibly 5?
Here she takes on Patti Labelle. Sure.. Patti is very good singer… but I keep hearing her do the same trick! (Thanx to Brett for the link!)
Wednesday night in Hollywood at the 26th Annual ASCAP Pop Awards Ann & Nancy were honored big time! Here’s a red carpet interview at ET online with Ann & Nancy!
From Reuters:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rockers Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, pop singer Jesse McCartney and British songstress Natasha Bedingfield took to the stage at ASCAP’s 26th annual pop awards, saluting the songwriters and publishers behind 2008’s most popular music.
“Thanks to all in our early days who saw beyond our naivete. We’ve always been idealistic songbirds,” said Ann Wilson of Heart in receiving the ASCAP Founders Award along with sister Nancy, whom she’s performed with for 35 years.
The two performed “Sand” from an upcoming album and rock staple “Crazy on You,” which along with other Heart hits is enjoying a resurgence of late with the help of “American Idol” and Guitar Hero.
More than 600 songwriters, recording artists and industry members gathered at the Hollywood event on Wednesday, hosted by ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
A few pictures:
From Spinner.com: For more than three decades, Heart — aka Ann and Nancy Wilson — have been largely championed as pioneers in women in rock. However, Wednesday night in Los Angeles, the Wilson sisters were recognized by ASCAP not for their gender, but for their songwriting. “It’s a feeling of redemption in a way because we’ve been known so much for being women,” Ann told Spinner. “That was the first thing anyone ever noticed about us. The first question we ever got asked, ‘What’s it like being a woman in a rock band?’ This isn’t about that. That means really a lot.”
The honor was presented by long time Heart friend and fan Jerry Cantrell, who spoke about the Wilson sisters’ support and influence on him. “I’m just really honored to be asked,” he told Spinner. “We’ve had a long history of friendship and supporting each other. And even before I met them … being from Seattle, having a band from your town be that badass was something to shoot for.”
Both Ann and Nanxcy took a moment to reflect on some of the Heart songs that have endured best, and, well, not-so-well, for them. “Songs like ‘Dog and Butterfly’ have a poetic balance that people still really respond to,” Nancy said. “It was well-crafted and still emotionally accurate. Other songs, now, feel like, ‘Oh no, that’s so teenage,’ or ‘Oh, I was so screwed up in my 20’s or 30’s.‘”
Lest we forget the classic. “I like ‘Barracuda’ still,” Ann said. “That song was written in anger, and it captured a lot of rage. When we play it now, it still has that edge.”
The Los Angeles Times asks why Ann & Nancy aren’t in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!? (Thanx Louise! )
Meet Dustin Wilson (Thanx GW27HEARTFAN4EVR):
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