Following his recovery (inspired, no less, by Keith Richards), the timeline fragments and the story effectively ends in 1996 (the book was published in 2011) with the death of Bernard Edwards, which is very touchingly dealt with. mas que, diferentemente de como se organizam em minha mente as imagens de cada uma dessas épocas, apresenta um continuum entre as décadas. There's a lot going on beneath the surface that's barely touched on here, probably because at the end of the day the guy's just made too much money to really tell it how it is.

It’s an awe-inspiring reading list for any budding musician, not because the books chosen are brightened by the huge stars they cover but because Rodgers’ selection is so intelligent. who drifts in and out of his son's life --and the book-- before succumbing to alcoholism), Nile Rodgers' father figure was a white junkie who worked in the garment district in New York. One thing must be said; the list is taken from 2011 when Rodgers spoke to The Guardian about his own book.

I really enjoyed this, an inspiring story of a natural performer who overcame the odds to make it big, re-invented his career after the ‘Disco Sucks’ debacle and lived life to the absolute full. Although Nile Rodgers makes the grade as a B-list celebrity, he isn’t as famous as the musical record warrants. The first portion of the book where he recounts his youth with drug addicted parents and constant turmoil was a page-turner. Rodgers's mother fell pregnant with him at 13, the first time she had sex, and after she split from his father she took up with Bobby, a white bohemian junkie.

The partying almost killed him, and you get the lowdown of how he battled his addiction and how he won, though that's not a big part of the book. Regrettably, Rodgers all but ignores the magnificent “Real People” and the subsequent “Tongue in Chic,” “Take It Off” and “Believer,” as well as his excellent first two solo LPs. Rodgers holding court in a stall of a Studio 54 ladies’ room where he’d share his blow and his sexual apparatus with visiting lovelies.

This early period has some interesting tales, like how he wound up in the same ER as a bloodied Andy Warhol after a bad hallucinogenic trip or his stint with the Black Panthers.