Nile Rodgers (2012 event)

He may be best known for the disco hit Le Freak but Nile Rodgers’
influence on pop music has been so very much greater than that.
Rodgers wrote and produced classics such as Like a Virgin for
Madonna, We Are Family for Sister Sledge and David Bowie’s
bestselling album Let’s Dance. He’s worked with Mick Jagger, Bob
Dylan, Prince and Debbie Harry; he’s jammed with Jimi and dined
out with Diana. Nile Rodgers also happens to be a brilliant
storyteller, and in this event, recorded live at Edinburgh
International Book Festival, he talks to Irvine Welsh, recounting
the joy and pain of a life at the heart of the pop industry, and
he throws in an impromptu jamming session just for the hell of
it.