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“Alone”, Walker MN
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“What About Love”, Walker MN
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“Crazy on you” & “Barracuda”
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“Magic Man”
The air cooled down as the night progressed and the grounds became even more crowded in anticipation of the night’s headliner; Heart. The Wilson Sisters made it to the stage about 15 minutes late, but it was well worth the wait. They cruelly teased us with the keyboard opening of Led Zeppelin’s ‘In The Light‘. Most of the older fans in the crowd half expected them to open with a Zep song anyway, as they have been described for so many years as a female Led Zep. But to no avail, as they opened with the song ‘Fanatic’ the title track from their upcoming October new release.
Ann and Nancy came bounding out, powering through the new song, which had a distinct classic Heart edge to it. Cliche as it may be when describing them, Nancy’s playing DOES have a slight Jimmy Page feel to it, especially in this new song. The hard-core riffs she fired off really had the crowd feeling it. They also played another new song halfway into the set, Dear Old America, (unknowingly completing the patriotic trifecta started with Night Ranger’s You Can Still Rock In America and Grand Funk’s We’re An American Band). Nancy showed no signs of taking it easy after 40 years of performing, jumping, kicking her boots out and throwing her hair around thrash-metal style. Ann’s voice was obviously liking the fresh, cool Northwoods air as every note was hit.
They brought each fan’s favorite to the stage, delving into their 80′s synthesizer years with Alone, What About Love, and Nancy taking her vocal turn on These Dreams, which she has nicely added mandolin as the main instrument in place of the tacky 80′s keyboard.
Their 70′s list was well represented, Nancy’s acoustic guitar work gave Crazy On You a brilliant intro, with hints ofZep’s Battle Of Evermore thrown in. The opening power chords to Barracuda blew up the crowd and after heading backstage for a quick break, they came back with an encore that left the crowd stunned; covering The Who’s Love, Reign O-er Me beautifully. The grounds of Moondance were silent for a split second as Ann launched her final note and Nancy crunched the last chord of the song into the night sky.
Murmurs of ‘spiritual experience’ and ‘best concert I’ve seen in along time’ were overheard as the long trudge toward the campsites got underway, another Moondance Jam completed.