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![]() MORE MUSIC: Get the Things to Do app | Latest concert announcements | Top concerts this week The punkish abandon of Joan Jett Other highlights of their set included a tasteful arrangement of “What About Love,” a reckless tear through “Kick It Out” from “Little Queen” and Nancy’s acoustic-guitar introduction to “Crazy on You.”Īfter bringing the set to a spirited close with “Barracuda,” they returned to end the night with two Led Zeppelin covers – a hard-rocking “Immigrant Song” and a “Stairway to Heaven” that allowed for Ann to take some vocal liberties while staying true to Robert Plant’s iconic live aside, “Do you remember laughter?” ![]() It was about men and women working together as equals."Īnd if that song didn't put that point across when it turned up on "Bebe le Strange," it either meant you just weren't listening or you were too misogynist to wrap your head around the idea of women in rock, which is kind of pathetic. But in our mind, the whole thing wasn't about female power. And we were some of the only women who were out there doing rock bands yet. "Back in the 1970s," she said, "we wrote this next song. It was the real deal, like it was in the '70s, when the Wilson sisters and their bandmates were making the male-dominated rock-radio landscape safe for female artists who wanted to rock as hard as any of their long-haired male contemporaries.Īnn reflected on those days in an impassioned speech about rock-and-roll gender equality as an intro to "Even It Up." ![]() "Like Ann said, you know, we've just got skin up here," she said. "Those bands are the real thing," Ann said. The sisters also took the opportunity to praise their fellow Hall of Fame inductees. But it's a good one and we survived with this song through the '80s and lived to tell." And you heard it at 7-11 and at the dentist's office. "You probably heard it at the gas station. "This is one of those songs that you probably heard at the store," she said. And she more than earned her vocal spotlights, playing mandolin while singing lead on an understated arrangement of “These Dreams” and then holding the spotlight for the previously mentioned Ne-Yo track, a soulful ballad that could almost be a mainstream country hit called “Two.”Įven Nancy's introduction to "These Dreams" was entertaining. Nancy was a blast to watch, with her high kick on “Crazy on You” and her jumps and her overall presence. Ann’s vocals, which were soulful and emotional throughout, were especially powerful on that one. ![]() And that certainly proved to be the case at Sunday’s concert, although in my notebook, it seems it was also the “holy (expletive)” moment of the night. When I spoke to Nancy prior to the show, she told me “Alone” had emerged as “the touchdown moment of the night” for her after freeing the song from what she labeled “the production bombast” of the ‘80s, stripping it down to one acoustic guitar, a piano and a voice. But more on Joan and Robin later.Īnn and Nancy Wilson sounded great in a set whose highlights ranged from raucous renditions of classic-rock radio triumphs as timeless as “Magic Man,” “Even It Up,” “Barricuda” and “Crazy On You” to tender ballads, including a Ne-Yo track they recorded for “Beautiful Broken,” their new album, with Nancy on lead vocals. Heart headlined at Ak-Chin Pavilion in Phoenix over Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, with Cheap Trick playing to a fairly packed and extremely receptive house in the opening slot at the very un-rock-and-roll hour of 6:45. ![]() The Rock Hall Three for All is a brilliant premise for a package tour – three artists whose induction to the Hall of Fame was long denied on one bill dusting off their greatest hits and more in sets that left no doubt that you were seeing three iconic acts in action. View Gallery: Photos: Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Cheap Trick in Phoenix ![]()
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