From hearing David Bowie strum a simple acoustic chord pattern while singing the words "let's dance" to transforming the sketch into the superstar singer's biggest hit, NILE RODGERS (in this flashback to Episode 125) relives step by step how he pulled off the feat. He also details meeting a new musician on the session — a future guitar hero that Bowie's "Let's Dance" album would soon introduce to the world: a young Texan named Stevie Ray Vaughan.  (ABOUT THE "REWIND" SERIES: There is simply too much treasure in No Guitar Is Safe's ever-growing archive of back episodes not to revisit some great moments once in awhile! That is why now, between new episodes, you can expect to be hit with short, curated, "fun size," easily digestible REWIND posts in which we "roll back the tape" and listen back to a magical moment in this show's history.) This episode is presented by GUITAR PLAYER magazine and hosted by JUDE GOLD.

REWIND | Nile Rodgers Transforms a David Bowie Guitar Sketch Into a Megahit

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Hot For Teacher, Greg Howe, Flametal, Michael Lee Firkins, Steve Lukather, Marty Friedman, Jeff Watson, Joe Satriani.  The Kehoe Nation and Richie Kotzen were also both there but my recordings were cut off ...batteries went out  :(

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The Guitar Show where Guitar Heroes Plug In. 
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REWIND | Nile Rodgers Transforms a David Bowie Guitar Sketch Into a Megahit

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