Nile Rodgers Productions LLC

We couldn't fucking believe it.

We're seeing Nile Rodgers.

We're seeing like all these like famous people.

And like our heads were like on the spigots.

That's what I love.

the thing with members clubs on the rare occasions i've been in one as i'm walking to the door i'm always convinced they're gonna say what no you're not on the list get out fuck off mate and i just have to turn around and i have to turn on the walk past the queue and it's very obvious to everyone what's happened and step over a dead guy that everyone's betting on yeah yeah basically What happened to Nile Rodgers? I'm always convinced it's going to happen to me.

The one difference in the story is that I'm not going to go home and write an amazing disco track that people are still playing.

Mate, if Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey were allowed in Studio 54 at its peak, then anything is

DJing at the most amazing, famous venues, which we'll talk about.

And, you know, she's been interviewing incredible people like Nile Rodgers, Iggy Pop.

I mean, she's just fantastic and just getting bigger and better.

I love it.

Thank you.

Very amiable.

So when someone sits down with you, whether it's, you know, Nile Rodgers or.

Oh, it's the

80s hip-hop star.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was Nile Rodgers and Pharrell that did Funk Lock Technology for Daft Punk a few years ago.

They showed up live at their ACL set.

But yeah, no, listen, on the occasion that I've been in someone's house and they have Poo-Pourri, I go, that doesn't smell too bad.

Yeah, South Africa.

Yeah, he was cremated and he wanted his ashes spread in the Nile River.

Yeah.

Nice.

This is one of my favorite Studio 54 stories.

Because when Nile Rodgers, then of the band Chic, turned up with his bass player, Bernard Edwards, he had been personally invited by Grace Jones.

They arrive at Studio 54 and the bouncer goes, you're not coming in.

To Nile Rodgers? Yeah, the legend is that Grace Jones had forgot to tell the door staff, like, oh, Nile Rodgers.

Oh, wow.

They didn't recognize him.

Nile Rodgers, live it, goes home.

That night, he writes a song with the original lyrics, Ah, fuck off! Which, of course, became Frigali.

He goes, they're like so excited that he wants to work with dance rhythms.

And they say, you know what? We'll go get Nile Rodgers.

Now Rogers, who was coming off of success with David Bowie, Duran Duran, you know, and he says, no, no, no, I want to work with the actual musicians who are on this cassette.

And that kind of that's the seed that lights the fuse to the whole project and the whole story pretty much.

And they trusted Paul, you know.

Mm-hmm.

Lenny Warnker was the guy who came up with the idea of, hey, let me get you the best New York session men and Nile Rodgers to produce your South African music idea.

But when Paul said, no, I want to go to South Africa, well, Lenny said, I know a guy.