The Section Quartet
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Viamin, Decca |
| Website | www |
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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
- 2003: The Nurse Who Loved Me, A Perfect Circle
- 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]
- 2014: Goddess, Banks
- 2015: Coming Forth by Day, Cassandra Wilson
- 2016: The Altar, Banks
- 2017: Revival, Eminem
- 2017: Villains, Queens of the Stone Age
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.
External links[]
- American string quartets
- Musical groups established in 1998