Chic

Hey, I'm Nile Rodgers.

I'm a producer, songwriter, guitarist, and arranger who co-founded the group Chic and went on to work with some of the biggest artists in music history.

This is Before the Moment, a Lincoln original series.

This fall, I'll be driving across the country, dropping in on some of the most fascinating and coolest artists

midlife

anthem, drumroll, is actually Good Times by Chic.

Oh, yeah.

We had good times.

How obvious do you want

to go? Because I go Le Freak by Chic.

Light My Fire works really well.

Doors have a lot.

That turning point where a hobby becomes a profession, when struggle becomes success, when pretty good becomes legendary.

I'm Nile Rodgers, co-founder of the band Chic and producer of pop hits with some of the industry's top artists.

I'm driving around the country in my Lincoln Navigator SUV, talking to some of the coolest, most interesting people in music to discuss their journey before the moment.

Listening to Sienna Spiral's breakout hit, Die on This Hill, feels like going back in time for me.

When you referenced Diana Ross earlier, it's such a wacky story.

One day we were doing a gig and we turned around and My partner said, damn, is that Diana Ross? And I said, yeah.

He said, wow, Diana Ross came to see Chic? This is cool.

And then he said to me, he said, that's like the queen coming to see you.

And, you know, he almost lost it all on the third hotel in San Francisco.

He kept in San Francisco in the beginning because all his investors were there.

He moved from Chicago, where I grew up when I was eight, to San Francisco.

And he mostly worked in finance and investment.

And he actually was the one that created the Helmsley Palace.

With Earth, Wind & Fire.

And I got a chance to play with Nile Rodgers and Chic.

Wow.

For something at Apple.