In a never-published interview from 2013, late disco queen Alfa Anderson talked about the rise, heyday and end of Chic and the band's lasting impact.
, Anderson sang backup on their early hits “Everybody Dance” and “Dance, Dance, Dance ” as part of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards’ fledgling outfit. Then, as a front person, Anderson helped power dancefloor anthems like “Good Times,” “Le Freak,” “My Forbidden Lover” and “I Want Your Love,” defining the group vocally and visually.
Yes. Luther and I sang background on the first album and background support for the first tour. Then Norma went on to her solo career and I was asked to join with Luci Martin, and that changed my life. The entire trajectory of my life! I was a teacher . I was an educator. I didn’t even leave that job until after the first tour!Yes. were the producers and writers and we were signed to their production company. That was the hierarchy of the infrastructure.
‘I Look Back, But I Don’t Stare’: Nile Rodgers on Turning 70, Facing Mortality, and Being Music’s Most Prolific ‘Worker Bee’ As we were leaving the stage, we were in the little golf carts they used to bring you back and forth to the dressing rooms. The audience is going wild and the promoters asked us to go back, so we went back onstage. That was the acid test that our music was acceptable. That will be forever etched in my mind.That’s the way it happens! It’s daunting to be there. You love being there and you love the adoration, but my knees would knock.
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