Rock n Roll w/Strings

Nirvana "Unplugged in NY", Charlie Daniels Band.....

Early albums from Electric Light Orchestra. My favorite is "Eldorado" PLAY IT LOUD!!!!

I always liked the double string quartet arrangement on Eleanor Rigby.

It can be heard, without vocals, on the Anthology 2 release.

Yes, ELO and El Dorado specifically is seldom mentioned.

ELO I think broke new ground early on regarding use of string instruments in a rock band.

On teh Beatles front "Yesterday" of course was groundbreaking and most influential. Also "Martha My Dear" is another lesser known solid Beatles tune with nice string accompaniment.

Mapman, there's nothing coincidental about you mentioning ELO and The Beatles in the same post. I seem to recall a Rolling Stone interview with Jeff Lynne (of ELO), in which he professed his great love and admiration for The Beatles and that his vision for ELO was to pick up where the Beatles left off. At the time I thought that was a bit arrogant, but I definitely hear Beatles' DNA in ELO's music. Full disclosure, I'm a life long ELO fan.