The Section Quartet is a

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founded by Eric Gorfain that performs cover versions of rock songs.

History

Eric Gorfain founded the quartet after working for the 1996 tour of

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and

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. 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

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of " Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin in addition to cover versions of songs by Coldplay,

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, and

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. The Section Quartet consists of Gorfain on violin, Daphne Chen on violin,

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on cello, and Leah Katz on viola. They have performed on soundtracks and pop music albums, such as ''

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'' ( RCA, 2002) by Christina Aguilera. Their performance on " Beautiful" impressed the songwriter, Linda Perry. She produced the quartet's album ''Fuzzbox'' (2007) for

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Discography

* ''No Electricity Required'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''Fuzzbox'' (

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, 2007)

As guest

* 1993: '' The Nightmare Before Christmas'',

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* 2002: ''

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'' * 2003: '' The Nurse Who Loved Me'',

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* 2007: '' Reba: Duets'',

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* 2007: ''

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'', Devendra Banhart * 2007: '' Southland Tales'' * 2007: '' Strange Weirdos'', Loudon Wainwright III * 2008: ''

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'', Loudon Wainwright III * 2014: ''

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'', Banks * 2015: '' Coming Forth by Day'', Cassandra Wilson * 2016: ''

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'', Banks * 2017: '' Revival'',

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References

External links

Official Website
American string quartets Musical groups established in 1998 {{DEFAULTSORT:Section Quartet