Gene Rains Concert & Tour History

Gene Rains Concert History

Gene Rains is a vibraphonist and leader of The Gene Rains Group, a jazz quartet from Hawaii that played Exotica music. Rains' short career spanned the early to the mid-1960s and consisted of 4 LP recordings released on Decca Records and the Vocalion label. These LPs were released during the golden era of Hawaiian and Exotica music and the Tiki culture in the United States. The Gene Rains Group repertoire featured popular Hawaiian and Polynesian Island melodies as well as popular American tunes of the era.