Backstage at Coachella, Nile Rodgers recalls the ‘Lay Me Down’ studio session with ‘little brother’ Avicii and Adam Lambert

During the funk pioneer Nile Rodgers’ Coachella performance with Chic on Saturday, the artist paused between songs to offer a brief remembrance of the musician Tim Bergling, better known as Avicii.

Rodgers and Avicii, who died last week at 28, collaborated on a 2013 track together called “Lay Me…