Everybody Dance: Chic and the Politics of Disco
By Daryl Easlea
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Daryl Easlea
Daryl Easlea was in music retail between 1979 and 1997, and left to belatedly take his degree in American History and International History at Keele, where he also ran the student radio station. He began writing professionally in 1999. After graduating in 2000, he became the deputy editor at Record Collector, where he remains a regular contributor. His work has also appeared in Mojo, Mojo Collections, various Q and Mojo specials, Prog Magazine, The Guardian, Uncut, Dazed & Confused, The Independent, Socialism, The Glasgow Herald, and The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Daryl Easlea was in music retail between 1979 and 1997, and left to belatedly take his degree in American History and International History at Keele, where he also ran the student radio station. He began writing professionally in 1999. After graduating in 2000, he became the deputy editor at Record Collector, where he remains a regular contributor. His work has also appeared in Mojo, Mojo Collections, various Q and Mojo specials, Prog Magazine, The Guardian, Uncut, Dazed & Confused, The Independent, Socialism, The Glasgow Herald, and The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Easlea makes the case that most of us think we know Chic's music, but its familiarity stops us from listening to it closely. The book starts at the turn of the '70s when the central protagonists - Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards - are paying their dues in various r'n'b, soul and rock gigs in New York. It follows them through their meeting, their surprisingly brief ride of fame on the disco wave, and their subsequent parting to produce other artists. Easlea's assessment of how Let's Dance fits into David Bowie's career, and the nature of Rodgers' contribution to it, is particularly astute. The story of the later reunion and the deaths of Edwards and drummer Teddy Thompson is poignant. This book uses its head, but what you remember is its big heart in the warmth it shows to its characters.