![]() ![]() When a shoot with the photographer for the band’s Bebe Le Strange-era Rolling Stone cover went south, the band demanded the famed rock photographer destroy her copy when she refused, Heart took her to court. The photo negative for a topless picture of Ann Wilson, taken surreptitiously by Annie Leibovitz, is rotting in a safe deposit box. According to Nancy, “When we were out of the way, he’d pass the DJ a gram of cocaine or the number of a hooker he’d lined up and say ‘She’s yours, on Heart.’ It wasn’t until years later that the Wilson sisters found out about the shady dealings that had gone on behind their backs. The band’s publicist would ferry the Wilson sisters to radio appearances where they would meet the DJ, do a station ID and then be told to go wait outside. ![]() The early radio success of “Magic Man” was paid for with hookers and cocaine. Wilson writes that while the lyrics “were straight out of the scenes of wild sexuality that went on in the cottage,” they were also about her feminist awakening and finding empowerment through her music. The pair shacked up on a hippie commune in Canada. ![]() “Crazy On You” was inspired by Ann’s first serious romance, with Michael Fischer, who would soon become Heart’s iron-fisted manager. Ann recalls it being rather embarrassing: “It wasn’t the best pot, but I wasn’t about to share my connection with my parents.” Having hit a bit of a counterculture experimental phase, one night after dinner, the Wilson parents suggested that the whole family toke together. Here are some of the more notable – and curious – stories revealed:ĭuring Ann’s junior year in high school, their parents became aware that their daughters were regularly smoking pot. With co-author Charles Cross ( Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain), the Wilson sisters dish on Heart’s formative years, the inspirations behind their hits and their personal travails, along with some sordid rock gossip. This week Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll ( HarperCollins) hits shelves. After four decades and 30 million albums sold, Ann and Nancy Wilson have decided to tell their story. ![]()
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