Rufus & Chaka Khan ~ Ain’t Nobody 1983 Funky Purrfection Version

The music world is really small! David “Hawk“ Wolinski had worked with Minnie Riperton when he met Michael Sembello backstage at a Stevie Wonder concert in Philadelphia. They began writing songs together, when he came up with “this goofy, little stupid beginning idea“ that morphed into music where the bass did not hit the same time as the drum giving the song an original but incredibly funky sound. Roger Linn, a guitarist who had invented a drum synthesizer was nearly invited to join Rufus but as he did not sing, was not considered further. Wolinski used his invention to complete “Ain’t Nobody“ and the song practically wrote itself after that. Tony Maiden was the only hold out about recording the song. He felt that he was old school and not comfortable with the new technology, but went along with it as long as it did not take too much time. Wolinski states that (Maiden) “was right. It’s kind of ironic, I never realized it (computers) would take ov