# Ann Wilson Shares Guitar Royalty Stories

> Ann Wilson reveals how guitar legends praised her Heart performances.
- Title: Ann Wilson Shares Guitar Royalty Stories · Guitar World
- Summary: Ann Wilson reveals how guitar legends praised her Heart performances. Ann Wilson says Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Plant praised Heart's performance at…
- Keywords: ann wilson, heart, tripsitter, jimmy page, plant, led zeppelin, kennedy center, consecrated ground, guitar, documentary, Ann, Wilson
- Source: Guitar World — https://guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ann-wilson-tales-of-guitar-royalty
- Published: 2026-11-02T15:55:41+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: ann wilson, heart, tripsitter, jimmy page, plant, led zeppelin, kennedy center, consecrated ground, guitar, documentary
## Ann Wilson's documentary thoughts
Watching her documentary In My Voice, Wilson reflects on the wild past half-century of her music career with Heart.
## Guitar legends in her documentary
Wilson's documentary features guitarists like Jerry Cantrell, Paul Stanley, and Brian May who have worked with her band.
## Why Wilson needs guitarists
Wilson says she needs guitarists to back up her singing because she is a singer who sorely needs someone to play guitar.
## Nancy Wilson's early talent
Nancy Wilson started playing guitar at age eight and could play like Paul Simon after listening to Simon and Garfunkel records.
## Nancy's electric guitar journey
Nancy Wilson got her electric guitar after playing acoustic with Heart in 1974 and learned tunings from Joni Mitchell's guitarist.
## Brian May's Queen tour memory
Brian May met Heart during a 1982 tour with Queen where they shared a dinner at a Scottish restaurant.
## Jerry Cantrell's friendship story
Jerry Cantrell and Wilson met at a 1990s farm in Washington where they stayed awake until morning to clean the house.
## Jerry Cantrell's guitar style
Jerry Cantrell loves songs to move around fluidly and hears way more than seven tones.
## Chris Cornell and Kim Thayil's Seattle scene
Chris Cornell and Kim Thayil met in Seattle where they played music and swam in pools with other bands.
## Jimmy Page's admiration
Jimmy Page and Plant praised Heart's performance at the Kennedy Center in 2012, a big deal because they don't enjoy being covered.
## Warren Haynes' collaboration
Warren Haynes has worked with Ann Wilson on songs like Black Dog and recorded at her studio.
## Tripsitter's new album
Tripsitter's Consecrated Ground album is out now and their documentary In My Voice releases in November.
## Ann Wilson's guitar legacy
Wilson has been a vocalist with Heart since the 1970s and continues to collaborate with guitar legends.
## Key takeaway

Ann Wilson says Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Plant praised Heart's performance at Kennedy Center, a rare compliment for bands covering Zeppelin.