125 - Nile Rodgers

No Guitar Is Safe

Jude Gold

Music

4.8 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Globally respected for his incredibly funky guitar playing AND for his immense success as a Grammy-winning record producer, NILE RODGERS has been making multi-platinum albums since the late ’70s, when his dance band CHIC ruled radio with hit after hit. (One of Chic’s famous grooves, powered by NILE's guitar and BERNARD EDWARDS’ bass, “Good Times,” even became the basis of what was arguably the first breakthrough rap song, SUGARHILL GANG’s “Rapper’s Delight.) After CHIC's early success, Nile went on to produce DIANA ROSS, INXS, DURAN DURAN, DAVID LEE ROTH, MADONNA, LADY GAGA and other superstar acts. On this episode, NILE details his funk guitar approaches from CHIC to the present, his new jazz/funk instrumental “Inside the Box,” and his hang with dearly departed EDDIE VAN HALEN. He also takes you inside some unforgettable session moments, including studio adventures with DAVID BOWIE, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, and DAFT PUNK, with whom he scored one of the biggest hit songs of recent years, “Get Lucky.” Hosted by JUDE GOLD, this episode is brought to you by BLUE MICROPHONES. Find your perfect mic at bluemic.com.

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0:00.0	Hey listeners, all I have to say is, wow, do not miss a single moment of today's interview
0:07.8	with the great Nile Rogers, super funky guitarist, super producer, and super huge influence on myself.
0:16.2	Dream guest, top of the list, can't believe he's finally on the show, and it's brought to you by
0:21.3	blue microphones. Blue has been making microphones for 25 years now, and today they are the
0:27.0	mic of choice for millions of musicians, podcasters, creators, guitar players, producers,
0:32.8	and you need one in your studio, whether you're just starting out or looking for a new color to add to your bouquet of studio microphone colors and your mixes, you can find the perfect microphone at blue mic.com.
0:47.3	Blue guitar is safe.
0:52.3	What's up? How do I begin to describe how much stuff has happened in the last two weeks
0:59.1	in the world of guitar, at least in my little world, but also in the world in general. First of all,
1:04.9	this pandemic continues, but, you know, I play with Jefferson Starship. We played our first
1:10.2	concert since lockdown, a drive-in concert put on by Autosonic's concerts in Orange County, California.
1:19.1	People driving in.
1:20.6	He was a lot of fun drummer.
1:22.3	Donnie's like, everybody turn on your hazard lights.
1:25.2	That was rather beautiful.
1:26.6	People honk their horns to applaud. A lot of people
1:29.6	with convertibles are sitting on the back seat, you know, sitting up on the trunk or some people
1:33.7	have lawn chairs. They're out there drinking and it's pretty mellow. Fun, but a little bittersweet
1:40.0	because of the situation that we are all in. But bittersweet doesn't even begin to describe the emotions today as we do this.
1:49.0	Episode 125, I'm Jude Gold, and I don't know about you, but it's really hard to conceive
1:54.1	that we are all on a planet now without Eddie Van Halen.
1:58.1	That loss, well, that would require a whole separate episode which I'm
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