Nancy Wilson has been an important composer for the band as well, co-writing many of the band’s biggies, including “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” and “Straight On.” Wilson also composes movie scores, working on former husband Cameron Crowe’s films including 1995’s Jerry Maguire, 1989’s Say Anything, Almost Famous in 2000, Vanilla Sky in 2001, and Elizabethtown in 2005. Even though You and Me is technically her sophomore release under her own name, the first being 1999’s Live at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Wilson considers this one her solo debut, coming out on her own label, Carry On Music.

Wilson composed eight of the 12 cuts, fleshed out with some powerful covers. It’s nice to hear Springsteen’s “The Rising” rendered a tad softer than his arena-rocking anthem. But Wilson’s version doesn’t leach any power away; it’s just more intimate, with Wilson’s whispered outro “dream of life” fading it away.