Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll

Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll

Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll

Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll

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Overview

The story of Heart is a story of heart and soul and rock ’n’ roll. Since finding their love of music and performing as teenagers in Seattle, Washington, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson, have been part of the American rock music landscape. From 70s classics like “Magic Man” and “Barracuda” to chart- topping 80s ballads like “Alone,” and all the way up to 2012, when they will release their latest studio album, Fanatic, Heart has been thrilling their fans and producing hit after hit. In Kicking and Dreaming, the Wilsons recount their story as two sisters who have a shared over three decades on the stage, as songwriters, as musicians, and as the leaders of one of our most beloved rock bands. An intimate, honest, and a uniquely female take on the rock and roll life, readers of bestselling music memoirs like Life by Keith Richards and Steven Tyler’s Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? will love this quintessential music story finally told from a female perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062101686
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 09/10/2013
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 272,110
Product dimensions: 6.18(w) x 8.82(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

Ann & Nancy Wilson are the leaders of the rock band Heart, whose albums have sold thirty-five million records worldwide. They continue to tour all over the world. In 2013, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


Ann & Nancy Wilson are the leaders of the rock band Heart, whose albums have sold thirty-five million records worldwide. They continue to tour all over the world. In 2013, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


Charles R. Cross has written nine books, including Heavier Than Heaven: The Biography of Kurt Cobain, which was a New York Times bestseller, won the 2002 ASCAP Award for Outstanding Biography, and was called "one of the most moving and revealing books ever written about a rock star" by the Los Angeles Times. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Room Full of Mirrors: The Biography of Jimi Hendrix and was the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock & Roll, with Ann and Nancy Wilson. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

1 The Lady Axe Killer 9

2 The Big Five 21

3 Dust Off Your Shoes 31

4 Meet the Beatles 41

5 Blood Harmony 49

6 Cryin' in the Chapel 59

7 A Boy and His Dog 69

8 She's Here to Sing 77

9 The Whisper That Calls 85

10 The Impossible Perfect Thing 93

11 The Northern Lights 101

12 Burn to the Wick 111

13 Natural Fantasies 121

14 Ocean upon the Sky 131

15 Blows Against the Empire 143

16 Heartless 155

17 Leave It to Cleavage 167

18 Junior's Farm 179

19 The Battle of Evermore 191

20 Live from the DoubleTree Inn 203

21 The Other Half of the Sky 213

22 The Boys March In 223

23 Send Up a Flare 233

24 I Can See Russia 243

25 Hope and Glory 251

26 Glimmer of a Dream 263

Epilogue 275

Acknowledgments 285

Heart Is 287

Permissions 291

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