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Dec 19, 2016 nile rodgers on chics new album, playing big dance parties in 2017 producerguitarist says 2017 will be a party year with new album marking 40th anniversaries of chic, studio 54. In march, rolling stone named nile rodgers one of the 50 most important people in edm, stating, the full scope of nile rodgers career is still hard to fathom, and its not just ongoing, its in overdrive. Nile rodgers on his iconic hitmaker fender youtube. Sam smith x nile rodgers x disclosure x jimmy napes together add a comment add a comment. An upside down story of family, disco, and destiny by nile rodgers. He will right that wrong when he and his band chic come to. The seats at the royal festival hall are unusually comfortable, but. Nile rodgers is at fold festival on june 2426 at fulham palace.
It is also a stunning recreation of a time and place by the man who wrote its soundtrack. Inspired by the dionysian scene at studio 54, a grownup rodgers and bassist bernard edwards formed the seminal disco band chic and wrote le freak, their first no. Nile rodgers has books on goodreads with 2656 ratings. In december, naras announced that le freak would be inducted into the grammy hall of fame. Essay by cary odell le freak 45 sleeve original 45 label nile rodgers. Oct 20, 2011 nile rodgerss new memoir, le freak, recounts his days as a successful record producer and musician. Nile rodgers and chic ready to help clevelanders get their. Le freak is as much about the greatness of life as it is about nile rodgers s extraordinary musical journey. Nile rodgers on writing le freak, grace jones, and the disco backlash. An upside down story of family, disco and destiny digital original by rodgers, nile isbn. Nile rodgers on chics new album, big dance parties in 2017. This is truly one of the best books ever written about art, music, life, and the way we grow to be exactly who we are. As the cofounder of chic, and the recently elected chairman of the songwriters hall of fame, rodgers.
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Apr 24, 2017 nile rodgers gives a freeflowing interview on the rock and roll hall of fame, his songwriting process and how getting older has changed his worldview. Booking agent book nile rodgers for corporate events. Legendary producer and cofounder of chic, nile wrote we are family for sister sledge and im coming out for diana ross, and then produced lets dance for david bowie and like a virgin for madonna. This song returned, remixed, to the uk top 20 in 1987 as jack le freak. Le freak by nile rodgers overdrive rakuten overdrive. Nile rodgers top 10 music books from beethovens letters to bob dylans chronicles, the musician chooses books that reveal the private lives behind the public melodies nile rodgers. Despite the unsettling tale of how young nile would bounce back and forth between new york and l. Nile rodgers told billboard that the song was our homage to a chubby checker song called the peppermint twist. Rodgers recounts his difficult upbringing, his triumphs with the discofunk band chic in the 1970s, his successes as a producer in the 80s and beyond, and his addictions and losses in a memoir. For an artist synonymous with the single, nile rodgers has made or guided some of the greatest music ever found on longplaying record, from the monumental chic albums to madonnas like a virgin and. Named one of the top 10 rock memoirs of all time by rolling stone from chic to daft punk, nile rodgers is the. May 08, 2014 nile rodgers is known as one of the most decorated musicians in the history of music, with his name appearing in the credits of countless smash hits.
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