Le freak by nile rodgers books entertainment express. Legendary hitmaker, nile rodgers, hits personal notes in new book. Nile first picked up a guitar while still in school and there was no. Nile rodgers told billboard that the song was our homage to a chubby checker song called the peppermint twist. Nile rodgerss diagnosis in late 2010 proved especially baffling for him.
Coproduced by music industry veteran michael ostin and peter herman of nile rodgers productions, the freakout. As coproducers, nile rodgers and bernard edwards both. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I inherited that gene after a tumultuous childhood, drug addiction and the death of disco, the coolest man in pop is bringing back chic. It is, without question the only musical genre to illicit such a response. 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. Inevitably, there seems to be a collective groan whenever that word is spoken. No one smirks and recedes from country or classical or folk. The great funkdisco superstars chic present this glorious live performance from 2004. Chic and sister sledge freak out the greatest hits of. Its the first leader each for all three lead acts and the third solo topper for rodgers, all since 2015.
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 kindle edition by rodgers, nile. Finally, we added an outstanding male lead singer named bobby cotter, who had just. On the road with chic, highlights from the polepole festival, nile rodgers interview, chic discography, nile rodgers bio and a photo gallery. Written directly after chics nile rodgers and bernard edwards were refused entry from studio 54 the freak out. An upside down story of family, disco, and destiny, the legendary hitmaker recounts his disco acts meteoric rise to fame, fortune, and the funky.
Here is the story of how global pops greatest genius transformed his own dramatic life into the brilliantly joyful playlist of a generation. 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. Along with the tracks i want your love and chic cheer, le freak scored number one on the disco charts for seven weeks. He is a rock and roll hall of fame inductee, a threetime grammy awardwinner, and the. Nile s signature is scrawled across an amazing array of music from madonna to diana ross, from david bowie to eric clapton. 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. Grammywinning composer, producer, arranger, and guitarist nile rodgers will produce, perform, and host the freakout. Le freak showcases a major portion of the career of nile rodgers.
From chic to daft punk, nile rodgers is the creative force behind some of the biggest hits ever recorded. 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. An upside down story of family, disco, and destiny. 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. Rhino is proud to present the chic organization 19771979. In this exclusive excerpt from nile rodgerss new memoir, le freak, the legendary hitmaker recounts. Live at the budokan is a live album by american band chic, released on nile rodgers label sumthing else in 1999. The only major gimmick was the huge echo on the bass drum following aaaaahh, freak out. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading le freak. 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.
I just wanted to read books and practice every chance i got. Chic with nile rodgers le freak from live at montreux 2004. The single achieved sales of 7 million and also scored number seven in the uk singles chart. Chic le freak powerpop an eclectic collection of pop. 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. Chic with nile rodgers le freak from live at montreux. Despite his status, rodgers has adopted a handson approach in curating the freakout. The book starts off at nile the little asthmatic kid whose childhood was spent with his junkie parents, watching tv and loitering around. I just heard an interview with nile rodgers on npr. Nile rodgers may be the greatest musical producer you almost never heard of. The career of nile rodgers is one of the most enduring and prolific in music.
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. Lets dance festival or fold, set for august 4 and 5 at martha clara vineyards in. Chic was formed in the late seventies by nile rodgers and the late bernard edwards. Chic le freak freak out a old school classic youtube.
Festival, an allstar concert to be presented at martha clara vineyards in riverhead, long island on august 4th and august 5th. Pearl jam, joan baez lead rock and roll hall of fame 2017 class. The album contains the concert at tokyos budokan on april 17, 1996 that was to be the very last performance by fellow chic member bernard edwards who died the following day. Nile rodgers le freak live at eden sessions 20 youtube. Chic le freak ultimate tribute to chic and nile rodgers. Live dvd from the disco greats includes bonus material. Debbie harry, the lead singer of the band blondie, worked with chic on her. Who can forget the refrain from one of discos most famous anthems, le freak. Lead single from the album inside story, im not perfect was one of jones biggest hits. Get well soon my dear friend and we can hug, laugh, and freakout. 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. Whether its about time will enjoy the longevity of their masterpiece, 1979s risque, is, of. From chic to daft punk, nile rodgers is the creative force behind some of the.
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. 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. In this exclusive excerpt from nile rodgerss new memoir, le freak. Yeah, like when you have a bad trip, you freak out. 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. 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. Rodgers was born in the lower east side, new york city, on september 19, 1952, to beverly goodman. Nile rodgers s new memoir, le freak, recounts his days as a successful record producer and musician. Nile rodgers was one half of the creative force behind the band chic, the other half being bernard edwards. 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 critically acclaimed autobiography, le freak. It morphed into aaaah, freak out on le freak, which came out in 1978 and. Nile rodgerss memoir hanging out with madonna and david.
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. I have never been more proud to be associated with music, musicians and this wonderful man named claude nobs. In august, rodgers launched fold festival freakout. Dance music is usually not my thing but nile rodgers guitar groove on this song is fantastic. They dominated the disco era with huge hit singles and albums on both sides of the atlantic. Nile rodgerss new music memoir is le freak the new. Youre watching the official music video for chics disco anthem le freak. That was achieved by just overloading the live echo chamber, which was the bathroom at the power station.