The Section Quartet
| The Section Quartet | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Viamin, Decca |
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The Section Quartet is a string quartet founded by Eric Gorfain that performs cover versions of rock songs.
History
Eric Gorfain founded the quartet after working for the Led Zeppelin reunion tour of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page in 1996. He said the quartet fulfilled his desire to play lead guitar in a rock band. The debut album, No Electricity Required (2004), contained Gorfain's arrangement of "Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin in addition to cover versions of songs by Coldplay, Kiss, Iron Maiden, and Queens of the Stone Age.[1]
The Section Quartet consists of Gorfain on violin, Daphne Chen on violin, Richard Dodd on cello, and Leah Katz on viola. They have performed on soundtracks and pop music albums, such as Stripped (RCA, 2002) by Christina Aguilera. Their performance on "Beautiful" impressed the songwriter, Linda Perry. She produced the quartet's album Fuzzbox (2007) for Decca Records.[2]
Discography
- No Electricity Required (2004)
- Lizards Like Us (2006)
- Fuzzbox (Decca, 2007)
As guest
- 1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas, Danny Elfman
- 2002 Stripped, Christina Aguilera
- 2003 Underworld
- 2004 A Boot and a Shoe, Sam Phillips
- 2004 Into the Now, Tesla
- 2005 Octane, Spock's Beard
- 2007 Graduation, Kanye West
- 2007 Reba: Duets, Reba McEntire
- 2007 Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, Devendra Banhart
- 2007 Southland Tales
- 2007 Strange Weirdos, Loudon Wainwright III
- 2008 Recovery, Loudon Wainwright III[3]
References
- ↑ Dan Hagerty (20 September 2016). Buried Treasure Volume 2: Overlooked, Forgetten and Uncrowned Albums. Liberties Press. pp. 223–. ISBN 978-1-910742-74-7. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ Mason, Stewart. "Section Quartet". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ↑ "Section Quartet | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 July 2017.