The addition of acoustic guitar to the series' usual lineup of violin, viola, cello, and bass gives Vitamin's
String Quartet Tribute to Tim McGraw a sound somewhere in between country, bluegrass, and classical interpretation. With the guitar's light twang in support, the violin periodically wanders into fiddle territory. But the tasteful low end of cello and bass always reset the string quartet feel, whether on the drifting ballads "She's My Kind of Rain" and "Don't Take the Girl," the straightforward contemporary country of "Where the Green Grass Grows," or swaggering barroom stompers like "I Like it, I Love it."
McGraw fans should love these readings of his material, since they blend tasteful interpretation with the originals' rootsiness and honesty. ~ Johnny Loftus