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. Gene Rains was "discovered" by the enormously popular Hawaiian …
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