The Section Quartet is a

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founded by

Eric Gorfain Eric Gorfain is an American violinist and founder of The Section Quartet, a string quartet that plays cover versions of rock songs. He is married to singer-songwriter Sam Phillips, with whom he has toured and recorded. Gorfain studied music at UC ...

that performs cover versions of rock songs.

History

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

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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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, 2002) by

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. Their performance on "

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. 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)

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* 2007: '' Reba: Duets'',

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References

External links

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