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Nile Rodgers & Chic - 'My Forbidden Lover' | North Sea Jazz (2012). LINEUP Nile Rodgers (lead vocals, guitar); Kim Davis, Folami Thompson (vocals); Bill Holloman (saxophone); Steve Jankowski (trumpet); Selan Learner (keyboards); Richard Hilton (keyboard); Jerry Barnes (bass); Ralph Rolle (drums). ABOUT this concert: When he was 19, Nile Rodgers worked on Sesame Street during the day and played guitar in the house band at the Apollo Theater in Harlem at night, where he supported such names as Aretha Franklin and Parliament Funkadelic. But he wanted his own band. Together with bassist Bernard Edwards, he formed CHIC, a funk and disco band that scored a mega hit in 1978 with Le Freak. The two produced hit albums for Sister Sledge and Diana Ross, and in the eighties Rodgers worked with David Bowie, Madonna, Eric Clapton and Mick Jagger, among others. His career was rocketing. Since then Rodgers has breathed new life into CHIC and a new album is expected this year. CHIC will bring t
