Heart's Nancy Wilson: We Took 'Barracuda' Riff From Legendary Band

#Heart's #NancyWilson talks about "borrowing" the #Barracuda riff from a legendary band and how she was inspired to start playing after hearing the #Beatles.

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[kimgauthier]

She has aged so beautifully. God I love her and Ann. Two legends for sure.

[MrGoodknight]

Barracuda still rocks today. Great music lasts forever.

[dougfielding]

Oh man, when she and her sister did "Stairway to Heaven" for an event honouring Led Zeppelin, even Robert Plant was impressed. It was absolutely sublime. This masterpiece is not a song many can do justice to compared to the original (or would even attempt).

[giulianacr]

She's an amazing musician. Wish more girls looked up to women like her.

[garyfrazier]

Nancy is 65 years old. TODAY, 16 March 2019. And she still rocks (and kicks) like it was 1977.

[Byardigirn]

I have been online for 20 years and just realized this is the first time I have ever seen Nancy Wilson being interviewed. God bless her and thanks for Heart's music.

[cassiewinters]

This woman is 65 years old and still rocking. She’s been one of my heroes for 20 years (yeah I’m young) seen Heart 8 times and every time, Nancy still high kicks on stage and plays the hell out of the guitar!!!

[CassandraJeffers]

I saw Heart in concert and that was the first time I had ever seen a woman play guitar and shred and that lit a fire under me to start singing and playing music.

[keeferdog]

OH MY GOD- SHE LOOKS GREAT!!! Ive had a crush on her since junior-high. “Rock-on Nancy”

[markshippoli]

I've been in love with Nancy Wilson for 33 years! What an outstanding guitar player, and vocalist. Her long intro solos on "Crazy on You" are legendary! She's incredible!

[michaelgregory]

"If you steal from one guitarist, that's plagiarism, but if you steal from a bunch of them, that's research." - Howard Roberts :-)

[urbannomad]

Nancy and Ann are some of the greatest musicians of their generation. I’m 40 and love their music.

[trog.lodyte]

She's still got that touch so gentle and sweet.

[manofbeard]

Nancy and Ann are incredible artists. Still beautiful ladies too.

[Pigeoning]

I'm not sure there's another song in existence I enjoy as much as Barracuda.

These ladies have been dazzling me for a lifetime.

[Vamanaswastika]

I still listen to Magic Man and Barracuda. I just cant get enough of it.

[dpurrott]

I was in a local Hard Rock band back in the late 80's. I played Bass. I would tell our 2 guitarists, do yourself a favor, watch Nancy Wilson play on stage. Not only a great guitarist but her moves were awesome. She knew how to sell it. Watch her on stage. She is the coolest!

[aorcloud]

Still a wonderful and gorgeous woman and a great musician !

[robedmund]

Holy cow! At 65, Nancy has aged very well! What a talent!!

[grady]

The opening of "I Feel Fine" was actually kind of a mistake for The Beatles. The lads were in the studio one day and John set his hollow body guitar down right in front of Paul's amp while the guitar was still turned on. Paul hit a note on his base and the vibration of that note set John's guitar to start feeding back, making that famous twang sound at the beginning. The boys liked the sound, the record company didn't, so John and Paul snuck back into the studio later that night and reproduced it and recorded it so they could use that somewhere. They decided to stick it in as the opening hook on "I Feel Fine" and somehow got it past the label guys and onto the record. If you listen to the song, pay attention to the very first sound you hear. That sound is a single note played by Paul, followed by that famous twang, but you can clearly hear the bass note first if you know what to listen for. True story!