Nile Rodgers to Auction Guitars Behind Countless Dance Hits
Chic mastermind will also sell off cars and clothes on December 16 to benefit We Are Family Foundation
Before Nile Rodgers became the virtuoso writer-producer-arranger behind canonical dance hits for Chic, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Madonna, and more, he was just an eager student looking to buy his first guitar. While he was still in school, he trekked down to the local pawn shop to hunt for a quality but affordable instrument; to his surprise, he ran into Dr. John, who was in the process of trading in one of his guitars for cash. “I’m a teenager and I’m freaking out!” Rodgers tells Rolling Stone.
By the end of the 1970s, Rodgers was churning out irresistible club singles; he could afford to get rid of some of his older instruments and splurge on fancy new ones. But the memory of watching Dr. John trade in a guitar stayed with the Chic mastermind. “Very few of us keep the original guitars that we started playing with,” Rodgers observes. For much of his career, he was determined not to throw away his own musical history, holding on to as many of his guitars as possible.
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