White Heart
Ann answered an ad for a band seeking a drummer and a singer. The band was called White Heart which included bass player Steve Fossen and Roger Fisher on lead guitar. Both were reluctant when they saw Ann, but she impressed them with her vocal skills and within an hour, Ann was in White Heart which was soon renamed Hocus Pocus.
In June 1971, Roger's brother Michael came to see the band play. Michael was living in Canada to avoid the draft and had sneaked over the border to visit his brother. Michael returned to Canada, but he and Ann were smitten with each other and began talking on the phone and Michael would occasionally sneak across the border to see Ann and the band. Soon, Ann left the band and moved to Canada to live with Michael in his cottage.
Eventually, Fossen and Roger Fisher also migrated to Canada along with a drummer and keyboard player. The group changed the name to Heart and one afternoon Michael, the band's manager, drew out the Heart logo with a heart embedded in a stylized H which would become so familiar.
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