Interview with Ann Wilson: How Heart Turned Industry Insults into “Barracuda”

Coming up one of rock greatest vocalists Ann Wilson of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Heart tells the first-hand account of a song that has become part of classic rock folklore, the 70s classic Barracuda. Her record label Mushroom set up a publicity stunt that and a radio promoter harassed her about implying a sexual relationship with her sister Nancy Wilson. She was so outraged. She was so livid she went straight to her hotel room and wrote this seething rock masterpiece. This rocker tells us the story as well as several original members Steve Fossan and Michael Derosier and how guitarist Nancy Wilson pissed the band Nazareth off when she admitted to borrowing their riff when Heart was opening for them early on.

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