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UPDATED DEC. 28 2012, IN GLITTERING HIGH DEF:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mf2O3OAQjng[\/youtube]<\/p>\n

Link to a different<\/em> vid (no HD) on YouTube (1 million views within 2 days, 2,2 million in 4 days)<\/strong>, where everybody is raving!<\/a><\/p>\n

Added December 30th 2012<\/strong>: Ann<\/a>:\u00a0I am so happy you all liked our performance of Stairway to Heaven at The Kennedy Center Honors event. It was our honor to be asked to do it before an audience like that.\u00a0My main goal though was to please Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones…especially Plant, since all these many years he has taught me so much about singing from the soul and has given me such pleasure in his lyrics.What a high that night was. Never to be forgotten!<\/p>\n

Added December 29th 2012<\/strong>: Ann<\/a>:\u00a0So thrilled that the men of Zeppelin were pleased. That’s what I wanted most!\u00a0#<\/s>rockin
\nNancy<\/a>:\u00a0SUPER nervous :)! The President, First Lady, and Led all there! But turned out so well!
\nNancy<\/a>: Completely! In the best way though! RT\u00a0@<\/s>tryingtrue:@<\/s>NancyHeartMusic\u00a0I was in tears. It was amazing! Was it as emotional for you??<\/p>\n

December 23rd 2012<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Orlando Sentinel<\/a>: Jason Bonham, son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, joins Heart for \u201cStairway to Heaven.\u201d Sounds heavenly. Do not miss this show. It is one of the year\u2019s best.<\/p>\n

Ann Wilson<\/a>: \u201cRobert Plant said he usually didn\u2019t like it when somebody tried to take \u2018Stairway to Heaven\u2019 and make it their own, but he did appreciate the one that went down the other night. I heard the mix of it, it sounds really great,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATED DEC. 28 2012, IN GLITTERING HIGH DEF: [youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mf2O3OAQjng[\/youtube] Link to a different vid (no HD) on YouTube (1 million views within 2 days, 2,2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,3,58,28],"class_list":["post-6348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heartlinker","tag-ann-wilson","tag-heart-video","tag-kennedy-center-honors","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6124,"url":"https:\/\/www.heartlinker.nl\/?p=6124","url_meta":{"origin":6348,"position":0},"title":"CBS Dec. 26th: ANN & NANCY do ZEP","author":"TDHS","date":"December 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Ann Wilson's 1999 version can be found here. 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