“My hands were bleeding on my strings”: George Benson session player Corrado Rustici on what it took to record Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Corrado Rustici performs on stage on December 13, 2016 in Milan, Italy.

Corrado Rustici’s hefty résumé includes session work for the likes of Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Starship, and George Michael, to name just a few.

However, one of the most formative moments of his career came when he cut his teeth with powerhouse producer Narada Michael Walden, who discovered the Italian guitarist during a chance recording session with Corrado’s own prog band at the time, Nova.