So yeah, it’s working and we’ve got something really good going on. And the songs kept coming and now we’re writing for another album. The other big part of it is, can you hang out? Is it a great hang? Do you have a sense of humor that meshes? Can you do some shots together and everybody can hang in and be cool and have fun? How do you define that? When you say " gel " is it because the ideas are flowing and there’s a good feeling amongst all of you? What is it? Sean Lane is from Seattle, and Paul Moak is from Nashville, and we just gelled in this way that rarely happens during a first meeting. I had asked Tom Bukovac to be my main guitarist and he brought with him Tony Lucido. We actually met in Muscle Shoals at Fame Studios. Then you went down to Muscle Shoals Studios. It appears that you met the band in Nashville, jammed and just really hit it off. So a song like the Jeff Buckley song " Forget Her " just blossomed into something that was mine, you know? And it was a great experience all around with those four. The musicians I'm working with right now have great ideas and they're just great players and fiery and all that. Yeah, the reason is that I just loved those songs so much and I couldn't be satisfied until I got to sing them myself. Was there a reason why you chose those songs to cover? I had to meld with them, you know, and I was lucky enough to get Kenny Wayne Shepherd to come and play on " Bridge Of Sighs " and " Missionary Man " and Vince Gill to sing on " Love Of My Life."
Well, those four covers are songs that I just loved so much and spoke to me and I wasn't satisfied until I got inside them.
What was your thinking behind some of these? The single " Greed " is almost like an instant classic and then it’s surprising to see you cover both Queen and Eurythmics. There’s so much to take in with Fierce Bliss. Wilson also discussed whether she and sister Nancy will reform Heart for their 50th anniversary in 2023. The musicians - now known as " The Amazing Dawgs " - are currently on a national tour with Wilson that runs through September.ĭuring a recent Zoom chat with, Wilson talked about a wide range of topics - from Fierce to maintaining her vocal range and her songwriting process, to some notable live appearances and reflections on musicians she’s met along the way. She recorded several singles in 2021 (including a blistering version of " Rooster " by Alice In Chains) and has followed this up with her just released third solo album Fierce Bliss, which includes original material and covers that include songs by Queen (recorded with Vince Gill), Eurythmics, Robin Trower and Jeff Buckley.Īround the time she recorded Fierce Bliss, a studio session with Kenny Wayne Shepherd proved so successful that Wilson ended up collaborating with several Nashville studio musicians at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama, among them Tom Bukovac and Tony Lucido. " There was one English speaking radio station out of the Philippines and that’s where I first heard Little Richard and Elvis and everything that was on the radio, " she recalls of that time.Īs it turned out, moving around during the pandemic was creatively fruitful for Wilson, who recently turned 72 years old. While growing up, the Wilson family lived on both the east and west coasts of the U.S., as well as in Taiwan.
Cross), was a World War II veteran and officer in the Marines, which required numerous moves around the world. Her father, affectionately nicknamed " Dotes " (as detailed in the Ann and Nancy Wilson autobiography Kicking And Dreaming, co-authored with Charles R. Wilson’s intense wanderlust most likely has its roots in the numerous moves she made with her parents when she was a child. They visited several national parks before driving up to Seattle and down to Los Angeles - a route Wilson has known well over the course of her career as the frontwoman of Heart. So she and her husband rented a tour bus and traveled from her Florida home (where she moved from Seattle in 2016) across the U.S. Months after the pandemic started, singer Ann Wilson felt the need to be inspired and energized.
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