Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson of the rock band Heart will perform at Harrah's Grande Event Center in Tunica on Saturday.
For Nancy Wilson, the guitar-wielding half of the sister duo at the heart of the multiplatinum rock band Heart, touring is a family affair. Besides her big sister, with whom she has played for 36 years now, Wilson takes her twin 10-year-old boys on the road with her these days.
"They love the tour bus," says Wilson of her sons from her 24-year marriage to film director Cameron Crowe. "They love their bunks. They have individual video screens and DVD players. ... There are county fairs and nice hotels and, you know, some not-so-nice hotels, too. So they get a good dose of the road life but not too much."
Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson of the rock band Heart will perform at Harrah's Grande Event Center in Tunica on Saturday.
This summer the boys will get to see more of the country as the Wilson sisters and the rest of Heart hit the road, including a stop at Harrah's Grande Event Center Saturday at 9 p.m. The band is touring to drum up anticipation for their upcoming 13th studio album, Red Velvet Car, scheduled for release this summer on Sony Legacy.
Heart formed in 1973 with Ann Wilson on lead vocals. The next year Nancy, fresh out of high school, joined the band on guitar. The band stood out as one of the few female-fronted hard rock bands and quickly scored hits with albums like Dreamboat Annie and songs like "Barracuda." In the '80s, the band adjusted to the times by adopting a more pop-friendly sound that has continued through to today.
"I like to say we went to the University of Ben Mink," says Wilson of the recording of Red Velvet Car under the Canadian producer. "There's a level he expects and likes to achieve that took us farther musically, I think, than we've gone for a long time, and we were ready to go there."
Mink, the longtime collaborator of k.d. lang, had worked on Ann Wilson's solo album Hope & Glory in 2006. As with that album, he helped the sisters craft songs for Red Velvet Car that used warmer, old-fashioned tube amps, and encouraged the band to cut as much of the music live in the studio as possible.
"That's kind of one of the more missing-in-action things these days in music," says Wilson. "It's the sound of people having a musical conversation together at the same time so that its not a digital construct of a digital conversation. It's an actual conversation with people responding to each other as players."
The release of Red Velvet Car will be accompanied by a concert DVD of the same name, featuring live performances of several of the new songs as well '70s rockers like "Magic Man" and "Crazy on You" and '80s chart hits like "Alone" and "What About Love." The DVD also features a guest appearance by Allison Krauss, who sings on "These Dreams" and a version of "Your Long Journey" off of her Robert Plant collaboration Raising Sand.
Tickets to Heart are $51, $61, and $71 and are available at the box office, by phone at 800-277-1700, and through Ticketmaster. For more information, visit harrahstunica.com.
That can't be Michael Jackson...
Sam's Town Casino boasts an impressive lineup of entertainment with Madonna, Michael Jackson, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill all scheduled to grace the stage of the River Palace Entertainment Center this weekend.
Of course, those performers — including the deceased Jackson — will not actually be appearing. Instead it is a lineup of celebrity impersonators performing as part of the "Legends In Concert" touring show. Started 27 years ago, the award-winning "Legends In Concert" produces all around the world featuring star-like performers ranging from Barbara Streisand and Elvis to Garth Brooks and Prince.
The run starts Thursday with a 7 p.m. show and continues Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $10 and $15 for afternoon shows and $15 and $25 for evening performances. Tickets are available at the box office and through Ticketmaster. For more information, visit samstowntunica.com.
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