Top 5 Funkiest Nile Rodgers Riffs + Funk Tone Tips

My 5 favourite Nile riffs. Hope you enjoy. (There's a little mistake during the explanation of riff 4 where I should of course have said Bb not B!)

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[mairenared]

Great video Adrian, I've alway loved Nile Rodgers's style of playing. It's much more complicated than you think. He told a lovely story about making "Let's Dance" with David Bowie. Bowie came to him with the original idea of the song and he changed the arrangement so it came out much funkier. He was a bit worried that Bowie might think that it was too funky but Bowie's reply was "Can anything be too funky?"

[AndyDion]

7:06 YES!! This is such a cool Niles riff! Thank you so much for showing us!

[thirtypoint_]

Was fortunate enough to see him last year. He opened for Cher -- if you can believe that. Should have been the other way around. Great lesson. Putting this one in my "Return to - Many Times" folder.

[granap]

Thanks! Another cool one is I'm Coming Out by Diana Ross.

[ootrip]

As someone who had to listen to many guitarplayers screwing up Niles' genius playing, I have to say: you've got that down very nicely, Sir. Respect.

[Twitexter]

More Nile Rodgers stuff! Detailed whole songs tutorials, please!
Those songs are the reason I bought a guitar 😍

[awrebyawe]

"Thinking of you" is my favourite riff as well! "lose yourself" is up there as well. Great playing and teaching!

[RayzaEFC]

Excellent lesson mate, Nile is one of my favourite guitarists

[garethbruce]

Nice fun lesson Adrian 👍 Nile is the best example of a player that has everything and doesn't need a grand solo to prove his worth or reputation. Not many guitarist's like that I can think of? Johnny Marr that's about it

[nicennice]

Yeah excellent lesson Adrian. Whenever I am getting slightly bored or stale on guitar you always have something to peak my interest again. Brilliant content on your channel.

[kenjones]

Sir, you are fantastic. Absolutely love this video, as I, like you admire Nile Rodger’s playing. So so helpful. Thank you, will keep me practising for hours.

[michaelv]

Continued from my last post…The first thing that I noticed watching Diggin Dirt was that each and every band member are incredible players. As I dove into old funk bands, it was the same thing… Every player kicks ass. The recordings are honest and if a guitarist is using effects…. They only use one or two at a time in a cool & creative way. Not like today’s albums that use 10 digital multi effects all smashed together.
My dive into the funk legendary bands uncovered TONS of bands I never had heard of before. I was floored how many albums and live recordings James Brown had.
A special treat was finding
Dyke and the Blazers !!!! I beg your subscribers who are not familiar to check them out, especially the guitar work. Shame on me for knowing so little about these great funk bands and the incredible guitarists in them.
Other funk band favorites and awesome funk guitarists;
The Average White Band, Mandrill, Parliament, Sly and the Family Stone, Bobby Byrd, Stevie Wonder, Ohio Players.
*** Don’t just listen to the bands Top 3 Hits. At least preview every song on each album. You won’t regret it.

[moreorlesslikeso]

Great tutorial – as always! Competent and to the point, yet so modest and respectful to the music and the artists you cover. And the sound is definitely spot on!

[robertbuilder]

Superb video. There's my Sunday afternoon tomorrow sorted out. Well this afternoon now actually 🙂

[boeliewinter]

Just 3 things you
The feel, the drummer and the bass with all these 3.
Great video

[BedeLaplume]

You always come up with really cool ideas for tutos!

[theescapetomusic]

Been watching your vids since high school. So glad you’re still making content. Thanks for the great vid!

[jakehunt]

I think you're the first YouTuber that has the closet guitar tone and playing style to Nile I've seen! Definitely subbing!

[SSRT_JubyDuby]

Nice production Adrian, very fitting for a Nile Rodgers special. I particularly liked your segways, skills!😎🎙🎸✅

[kbiggs]

One of the best videos on Nile's playing style thank you .