| Nancy Wilson | |
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Nancy Wilson May 2010 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nancy Lamoureux Wilson |
| Born |
March 16, 1954 |
| Genres | Rock, hard rock, folk rock, pop rock |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, singer, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin, mandola, mandocello, bouzouki, harmonica, piano, keyboards, organ,synthesizer, mellotron, autoharp, bass, pedal steel guitar, dobro, dulcimer, violin, stroh violin, viola, cello, accordion |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Associated acts | Heart, The Lovemongers |
Nancy Lamoureux Wilson (born March 16, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer who, with her older sister Ann and lead guitarist Roger Fisher, became the core of the Seattle/Vancouver rock band Heart.
Wilson was born in San Francisco, California, and she and her sister, Ann, grew up in Southern California and Taiwan before their Marine Corps father retired to the Seattle suburb of Bellevue.
Nancy finished high school, then attended Pacific University in Oregon and Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle where she majored in art and German literature.[1][2] She then played solo gigs until 1974 when she quit college and moved to Canada to join her sister in Heart. She and Heart guitarist Roger Fisher, brother of Ann's boyfriend/Heart's manager Mike Fisher, lived together for some time.[1][2]
While Ann is the lead singer on the majority of the Heart recordings, Nancy is the lead vocalist on notable tracks like "Treat Me Well", "These Dreams", "Stranded", "There's the Girl", and "Will You Be There (In the Morning)" and frequently performs background and harmony vocals. Nancy is the band's rhythm and lead guitarist. In 1999 Nancy Wilson released the solo live album, Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop.
Nancy Wilson married film director and former Rolling Stone writer Cameron Crowe on July 27, 1986; they have two sons.[3] Wilson filed for divorce from Crowe on September 23, 2010, citing "irreconcilable differences." The divorce filing stated that the former couple had separated on June 15, 2008.[4] The divorce was finalized on December 8, 2010.[5]
Nancy has played a role in composing music for most of Crowe's films including Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, and Elizabethtown. She had cameo roles in Crowe's The Wild Life (1984) as David's wife and Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) credited as "Beautiful Girl in Corvette". In 1989, she contributed to the Say Anything... soundtrack with "All for Love".
In 2000, Nancy Wilson was featured in an instructional guitar video for Star Licks Productions. Nancy and Ann Wilson took part in 2010's We Are the World 25 for Haiti, as well as Pandora's "Moms Who Rock," sponsored by Febreze. In 2011, Nancy recorded a version of Heart's early hit, "Dreamboat Annie", with classical guitarist Sharon Isbin for Isbin's album Guitar Passions.[6]
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