Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson in the early 1970s.
Background information
Born	March 16, 1954 (1954-03-16) (age 55)
Genres	Rock, Hard rock, Pop rock, Folk rock
Occupations	Musician, Songwriter, Singer
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica
Years active	1974—
Associated acts	Heart, The Lovemongers

Nancy Lamoureux Wilson (born March 16, 1954 in San Francisco, California) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who, with her older sister Ann, became a part of the Seattle/(Vancouver) band Heart.

Nancy and her sister grew up in Southern California and Taiwan before their Marine Corps father retired to the Seattle suburb of Bellevue. Nancy finished high school then attended Pacific University in Oregon and Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle^{[citation needed]}, where she majored in art and German literature.^[1][2] She then played solo gigs until 1974 when she quit college and moved to Canada to join her sister in Heart. She and Heart guitarist Roger Fisher, brother of Ann's boyfiend/Heart's manager Mike Fisher, lived together for some time. ^[1][2]

While Ann is the lead singer on most of the Heart recordings, Nancy is the lead vocalist on "Treat Me Well", "These Dreams", "Stranded", "There's The Girl" and "Will You Be There (In The Morning)" and frequently performs background and harmony vocals. Nancy is the band's rhythm and lead guitarist. In 1999, Nancy Wilson released a solo live album, Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop.

Nancy married Rolling Stone writer Cameron Crowe on 27 July 1986, and they have twin boys William James Crowe and Curtis Wilson Crowe, born 23 January 2000.^[3]

Nancy has played a role in composing music for most of Crowe's films including Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, and Elizabethtown. She also had cameos in Crowe's The Wild Life (1984) as Rick's wife and Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), credited as Beautiful Girl in Corvette.

Notes

External links

• Heart website
• Nancy Wilson at the Internet Movie Database
• More pictures of Nancy, Ann, Heart and the Lovemongers can be found at Category:Images of Heart (band)
• Nancy Wilson interview in The Believer magazine

1978

Nancy Wilson at the 2004 Sweden Rock Festival

Nancy (left) and Ann Wilson playing at a charity concert for the Canary Foundation 28 July 2007