At the controls of Everyone wants to take its place every noon and Do not forget the lyrics at the end of the day, the host is one of the key faces of France Télévisions. When not presenting his daily programs, Mélanie Page's companion hosts Taratata, since its first edition in 1993. From Julien Doré, Claudio Capéo passing by Laurent Voulzy or even James Morrison and LP … On the set of the two, the big names of French and international music play their songs, unveil exclusive titles and indulge in some confidences about their careers.
If he seems to take great pleasure in being surrounded by singers and musicians, backstage, he does not hesitate to spend time with them. Passionate about music, the 59-year-old father takes advantage of these exchanges to play with the groups he receives. In the columns of TV 7 days, he remembered that day when he was part of the Telephone group, the time of a song. "So let's go over things straight away: one evening, after Taratata, while we were relaxing, Louis Bertignac launched into a jam, an improvisation around Honky Tonk Women, the Stones. And I was at the drums", he began by confiding to our colleagues.
Louis Bertignac's reaction to Nagui's talents as a musician
But we have to believe that Nagui still has to work on his sense of rhythm: "At the end, Louis said to me: 'Not bad but you can't keep up.". Face this "supreme insult to a drummer", the host preferred not "nothing let show "." But I immediately hid myself six feet under the ground ", he admitted, however. Far from being discouraged, the television producer continues to spend time with the singers behind the cameras. If he has "never played drums with Indochine ", other artists know he is a jack of all trades: "I tried everything: piano, drums, guitar … And that's why I love them so much. " Nagui, a fallen artist?
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