Chic’s Nile Rodgers: Five Crucial Inspirations
Pop mastermind and Chic leader talks flipping for Hendrix, tripping to the Doors
Nov 13, 2015
Nile Rodgers boasts one of the most impressive résumés in pop, having produced David Bowie, Diana Ross and Madonna in his Eighties heyday. Lately, the guitarist and producer has been on a fresh tear, working on a new Chic album ”” which he calls “the most self-indulgent thing I’ve ever done” ”” staging his own all-star festival, and collaborating with everyone from Duran Duran to Keith Urban. Rodgers took time out of his busy schedule to tell us about five songs that changed his life.