Notes & Personnel Info |  | Tributee: Red Hot Chili Peppers. | | Personnel: Alex Wurmbrand (guitar, violin); Tom Tally (violin, viola); Alan Grubner, K Ishibashi, Brain McDovey, Jim Sitterly (violin); Keiko Watanabe, Eric Lea (viola); John Acosta , Johnny Ace , Dana Leong, John Krovoza (cello). | | Audio Mixers: Keiko Watanabe; K Ishibashi; Carmen Grillo. | | Recording information: Abattoir Studio, Brooklyn, NY; Aunt Hill Production Works, Los Angeles, CA; Big Surprise Music, Encino, CA. | | Arrangers: Keiko Watanabe; Alex Wurmbrand; Karl Preusser. | | String Quartet Tribute to the Red Hot Chili Peppers runs through a nice cross-section of the veteran group's catalog, performing the songs instrumentally on violin, viola, and cello. "Higher Ground" sounds better than you might think, the cello working on the rousing bassline as the violins keen on Anthony Kiedis' vocal line. The quiet hope in "Soul to Squeeze"'s melody is brought to the surface here, and both "Under the Bridge" and "Californication" translate well. The percussion added to "Suck My Kiss" isn't necessary, and the fractured funk of "Can't Stop" doesn't translate. But in its quieter moments, this is another one of Vitamin's string tributes that does its feted group justice while bringing something of its own to the proceedings. ~ Johnny Loftus |
Producer: Keiko Watanabe; K Ishibashi; Alex Wurmbrand; Tom Tally |
Engineer: Aaron Nevezie; Tom Tally; Karl Preusser; Carmen Grillo |
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