Nile Rodgers' Guitar Style
My favourite samples of Nile Rodgers signature rhythmic guitar playing from all over the years.
Thanks to N. Rodgers for his work (and the fb-repost!). Here´s the song list:
songlist:
0:00 "Thinking of you", Sister Sledge, 0:25 "I'm Coming Out", Diana Ross, 0:42 "Good Times", Chic, 1:00 "I Want Your Love" remix, 1:22 "Modern Love" David Bowie, 1:27 a remake of "Lost in Music", Sister Sledge, 2:42 "Thinking of You" remix , Sister Sledge, 3:45 "Spacer" remix, Sheila and B. Devotion, 4:43 "Hold Me Lonely Boy", Norma Jean, 5:04 "High Society", Norma Jean , 5:37 "Upside Down" the original Chic production, Diana Ross 5:47 "Notorious", Duran Duran 5:54 "Let's Dance" David Bowie, 6:28 "Criminal World", David Bowie, 6:42 "China Girl", David Bowie, 6:49 "You are Beautiful", Chic, 7:05 Think it was a Fonzy Thornton-Record? (or: "I want to fall in love", Johnny Mathis ?), 7:10 "Everybody Dance", Chic, 7:40 "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)", Chic, 8:23 "Le Freak", Chic. (thanks to 'skierpage')
//extra bit on bowie part here (the link is not my page, I found it in the www but it´s worth reading):
BOWIE / CRIMINAL WORLD. The "Criminal World" remake is a pretty solid track. Nile Rodgers did a variation of his "China Girl" riff, a little bouncing movement on the the high strings of his guitar (---) Tony Thompson is solid as always, while Carmine Rojas' bass, with its low, drooping slides, is the lead instrument whenever Stevie Ray Vaughan is absent. (read more: http://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/criminal-world/)