King of disco Nile Rogers has said he'd love to work with Noel Gallagher after the former Oasis frontman said he was a major fan of the Chic man's music.
"If I worked with Noel, we’d figure out something great," Rogers told The Guardian. "I love him. He’s amazing. He must be incredibly shy, because he always threatens to come to our gigs and never shows up."
The musician and arranger thinks that he should invite Gallagher to Fold, the music festival he curates, which comes to London's Fulham Palace in June. "Dude, you just gave me an idea!," he said. "Let’s get him on stage at Fold. I’m going to try to get in touch with him when I get back home."
Noel: Standing on the shoulder of giants
Rogers is currently working on a new Chic album, which was originally intended to comprise unreleased material. "But I started to feel that, as an artist, I’ve learned a lot in the 20 years since (Chic’s bass guitarist) Bernard (Edwards) passed away, and it felt unfair to limit the album."
He has also been working with Lady Gaga and co-wrote a song with r `n' b singer Miguel. "It was so good I sang it to Justin Timberlake over the phone and he loved it."
Asked if he believed Lady Gaga's coolly received Bowie tribute at the Grammy awards earlier this year had been a success - he produced it - Rogers was unequivocal in his praise for the performance.
"Yes - and more. We had a massive job: Gaga really wanted to tell David’s story in music, and I had to remind her we only had a five-minute segment. We figured out a way to make it work. A lot of people don’t understand that we gave a lot of thought to it; it was just as much my input as hers."
