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Le Freak, c’est chic

Meet guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers, one of my favorite musicians in the world. He founded Chic along with the late bassist Bernard Edwards, and he’s on Twitter. Nile Rodgers has led an action-packed life. As a teenager, he played with the Sesame Street band, and then with the Apollo Theater house band, where he …

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Posted byEthanFebruary 16, 2010August 22, 2011Posted inDance, Key Musicians, MusicTags: bass, Bernard Edwards, Chic, dance, David Bowie, disco, Duran Buran, eighties, funk, Gremlins, guitar, hip-hop, Madonna, Nile Rodgers, pop, sampling, Sugarhill Gang5 Comments on Le Freak, c’est chic
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