Finally, we added an outstanding male lead singer named bobby cotter, who had just. Who can forget the refrain from one of discos most famous anthems, le freak. Im going through the toughest period of my life right now nile rodgers talks about the personal issues he is currently facing, learning from the bad stuff and why hes proud of chics global impact. An upside down story of family, disco, and destiny, the legendary hitmaker recounts his disco acts meteoric rise to fame, fortune, and the funky. Yeah, like when you have a bad trip, you freak out. I just wanted to read books and practice every chance i got. An upside down story of family, disco, and destiny. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Nile s signature is scrawled across an amazing array of music from madonna to diana ross, from david bowie to eric clapton. From a chance encounter with tim leary, diana ross watching from the wings, david bowie alone in a bar, michael jackson making confessions, and madonna, well, being madonna.
Legendary hitmaker, nile rodgers, hits personal notes in new book. Written directly after chics nile rodgers and bernard edwards were refused entry from studio 54 the freak out. It morphed into aaaah, freak out on le freak, which came out in 1978 and. Nile rodgers lifes tale is full of exciting things going on and surreal encounters with music legends, and this, combined with fluid and honest writing, makes this book a page turner. Nile rodgerss memoir hanging out with madonna and david.
Get well soon my dear friend and we can hug, laugh, and freakout. Lead single from the album inside story, im not perfect was one of jones biggest hits. Coproduced by music industry veteran michael ostin and peter herman of nile rodgers productions, the freakout. Rodgers and edwards wrote this after they were denied admission to a nightclub, even though their song dance, dance, dance yowsah, yowsah, yowsah often played. Festival, an allstar concert to be presented at martha clara vineyards in riverhead, long island on august 4th and august 5th. I have never been more proud to be associated with music, musicians and this wonderful man named claude nobs. Nile rodgers as the mastermind behind freak out, lets dance fold, renowned musicianproducer nile rodgers is looking to have concert attendees do just what the name of his event says. Nile first picked up a guitar while still in school and there was no. It is, without question the only musical genre to illicit such a response. Nile rodgers s new memoir, le freak, recounts his days as a successful record producer and musician. On the road with chic, highlights from the polepole festival, nile rodgers interview, chic discography, nile rodgers bio and a photo gallery. Chic le freak powerpop an eclectic collection of pop. Its been crazeeee, nile rodgers says of his 65 years on the planet. Lets dance festival or fold, set for august 4 and 5 at martha clara vineyards in.
Along with the tracks i want your love and chic cheer, le freak scored number one on the disco charts for seven weeks. Despite his status, rodgers has adopted a handson approach in curating the freakout. Chic le freak freak out a old school classic youtube. Its the first leader each for all three lead acts and the third solo topper for rodgers, all since 2015.
As coproducers, nile rodgers and bernard edwards both. Nile rodgers may be the greatest musical producer you almost never heard of. From chic to daft punk, nile rodgers is the creative force behind some of the. In this exclusive excerpt from nile rodgerss new memoir, le freak, the legendary hitmaker recounts.
An upside down story of family, disco and destiny kindle edition by rodgers, nile. The book starts off at nile the little asthmatic kid whose childhood was spent with his junkie parents, watching tv and loitering around. Le freak by nile rodgers books entertainment express. Chic with nile rodgers le freak from live at montreux. That was achieved by just overloading the live echo chamber, which was the bathroom at the power station. From chic to daft punk, nile rodgers is the creative force behind some of the biggest hits ever recorded. The single achieved sales of 7 million and also scored number seven in the uk singles chart. Nile rodgerss diagnosis in late 2010 proved especially baffling for him. Live at the budokan is a live album by american band chic, released on nile rodgers label sumthing else in 1999.
Chic le freak ultimate tribute to chic and nile rodgers. Grammywinning composer, producer, arranger, and guitarist nile rodgers will produce, perform, and host the freakout. Here is the story of how global pops greatest genius transformed his own dramatic life into the brilliantly joyful playlist of a generation. Live dvd from the disco greats includes bonus material. 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 david bowies lets dance now chic reemerge with their first lp since chicism in 1992. In august, rodgers launched fold festival freakout. Nile rodgers was one half of the creative force behind the band chic, the other half being bernard edwards. I just heard an interview with nile rodgers on npr. Rhino is proud to present the chic organization 19771979. Chic with nile rodgers le freak from live at montreux 2004.
The cofounder of chic, rodgers has written, produced, and performed on albums that have cumulatively sold more than 500 million units and 75 million singles worldwide. The only major gimmick was the huge echo on the bass drum following aaaaahh, freak out. They dominated the disco era with huge hit singles and albums on both sides of the atlantic. The career of nile rodgers is one of the most enduring and prolific in music. Nile rodgers perform le freak live at the eden project, cornwall, in 20. Nile rodgers le freak live at eden sessions 20 youtube. Chic was formed in the late seventies by nile rodgers and the late bernard edwards. Inevitably, there seems to be a collective groan whenever that word is spoken. Le freak showcases a major portion of the career of nile rodgers. Nile rodgers and chic freak out to perform their song le freak during their set at the roots picnic nyc music festival in bryant park nyc on 10022016. He is a rock and roll hall of fame inductee, a threetime grammy awardwinner, and the. Nile rogers told the big issue that he knew le freak was going to be a monster record even though the record company hated the song. Nile rodgerss new music memoir is le freak the new. Rodgers, who says disco was never a dirty word in his book, recalls a magazinesponsored soiree at which none of the assembled journalists and music industry types dared enter a room labeled disco.
Rodgers was born in the lower east side, new york city, on september 19, 1952, to beverly goodman. Apparently, he got the idea for im coming out when he was at a gay bar hes straight and was taking a leak in between two diana ross impersonators. Featuring all the groups smash hit songs there can be little argument that chic are discos greatest band with a string of disco classics including we are family, freak out, good times, forbidden love, i want your love, thinking of you, everybody dance, upside down and the 20 smash hit up all nightget lucky written by daft punk. In this exclusive excerpt from nile rodgers s new memoir, le freak, the legendary hitmaker recounts his disco acts meteoric rise to fame, fortune, and the funky. Its a sentiment thats at the heart of freak out, lets dance fold, a dance music festival thats been spearheaded by renowned musicianproducer nile rodgers.
Debbie harry, the lead singer of the band blondie, worked with chic on her. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading le freak. Nile rodgers is a brilliant storyteller who gives readers the surprising behindthescenes tales of the songs we all know, and lovingly recreates the lost outsider subculturesfrom the backstreets of 1950s greenwich village to the hills of 1960s southern california to the demimonde. The compilation was one of the first to be released on compact disc, and includes remixes of we are family and lost in music written by bernard edwards and nile rodgers themselves and le freak written by stock. Dance music is usually not my thing but nile rodgers guitar groove on this song is fantastic. In this exclusive excerpt from nile rodgerss new memoir, le freak.
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