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The Section (band)

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Genre
  
Rock

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Albums
  
Forward Motion, The Section, The Slaughter House

Record labels
  
Warner Bros. Records, Roll The Drums Recordings

Members
  
Leland Sklar, Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Craig Doerge

Similar
  
Leah Kunkel, Waddy Wachtel, Crosby & Nash, Greg Reeves, Pat McGee Band

The Section are a US instrumental rock band formed in the early 1970s by musicians Danny Kortchmar, Craig Doerge, Leland Sklar, and Russ Kunkel. They are best known for both studio and stage work in support of some of the best selling solo singers of that decade. Their frequent appearances on the records of artists signed to Asylum Records made them the label's de facto house band. Their close association with the singer-songwriter and soft rock genres of the 1970s also led to their alternate moniker of "The Mellow Mafia."

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They appeared together and individually on albums by Linda Ronstadt, Crosby & Nash, James Taylor, Carole King, Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, and acted as back-up band on their tours. Other musicians closely associated with The Section include guitarist Waddy Wachtel, bassist Tim Drummond and multi-instrumentalist David Lindley.

By the 1980s, the group stopped working together collectively, though as individuals they continued to play prominent roles in the studio and on tour with many of the most popular solo acts of the decade, including Phil Collins (who collaborated with Sklar frequently starting with 1985's No Jacket Required album and subsequent tour), Stevie Nicks (whose landmark Bella Donna album features guitar work from Wachtel, who continues to work with her as her musical director), and Don Henley (who used Kortchmar's skills on numerous instruments on his Building the Perfect Beast album).

Beside their supporting work for other musicians, The Section also released three albums of their own, consisting of mostly instrumental music.

Discography

  • The Section (1972, Warner Bros) also features a young Michael Brecker and a cover of Otis Redding's "Dock of the Bay".
  • Forward Motion (1973, Warner Bros)
  • Fork It Over (1977, Capitol), with help from James Taylor and David Crosby
  • Songs

    Doing The MeatballThe Section · 1972
    Smilin' EdForward Motion · 1973
    Mah-Hoo-Dah-VahThe Section · 1972

    References

    The Section (band) Wikipedia