Nile Rodgers presented his first Fold Festival on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Martha Clara Vineyards in Riverhead, NY, bringing together artists as diverse as Beck, Keith Urban and Grandmaster Melle Mel.
Rodgers brought his own Chic to the Tuesday program, covering not only the group’s classic 70’s and early 80’s anthems, but also playing a number of hits from other artists on which Rodgers either worked or participated including three songs with guest Pharrell Williams.
Everybody Dance (from Chic, 1977)
Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) (from Chic, 1977)
I Want Your Love (from C’est Chic, 1978)
I’m Coming Out (Diana Ross cover)
We Are Family (Sister Sledge cover)
Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke cover) (With Pharrel Williams)
Happy (With Pharrel Williams)
Get Lucky (Daft Punk cover) (With Pharrel Williams)
Let’s Dance (David Bowie cover)
Le Freak (from C’est Chic, 1978)
Good Times (from Risque, 1979)
Beck, coming off his surprise win for Album of the Year at the Grammys for Morning Phase, also hit the stage on Tuesday with a career spanning set of fifteen songs including the live premier of his new track Dreams.
Devil’s Haircut (from Odelay, 1996)
Loser (from Mellow Gold, 1994)
Ghettochip Malfunction (from Hell Yes (EP), 2005)
Hell Yes (from Guero, 2005)
The New Pollution (from Odelay, 1996)
Girl (from Guero, 2005)
Blue Moon (from Morning Phase, 2014)
Dreams (New)
E-Pro (from Guero, 2005)
Sexx Laws (from Midnite Vultures, 1999)
Think I’m in Love (from The Information, 2006)
Debra (from Midnite Vultures, 1999)
Where It’s At (from Odelay, 1996)
One Foot in the Grave (from One Foot in the Grave, 1994)
Where It’s At (with Nile Rodgers) (from Odelay, 1996)
The next night brought Duran Duran with a shortened version of the set list they have been playing on their recently started U.S. tour.
Main Set
The Wild Boys (from Arena, 1984)
A View to a Kill (from the soundtrack of A View to a Kill, 1985)
All You Need Is Now (from All You Need is Now, 2010)
Is There Something I Should Know? (from Capitol re-release of Duran Duran, 1983)
Come Undone (from Duran Duran, 1993)
The Chauffeur (from Rio, 1982)
Ordinary World (from Duran Duran, 1993)
Notorious (from Notorious, 1986)
Pressure Off (from Paper Gods, 2015)
Planet Earth (from Duran Duran, 1981)
Hungry Like the Wolf (from Rio, 1982)
(Reach Up for the) Sunrise (from Astronaut, 2004)
Encore
Rio (from Rio, 1982)
