Gene Rains-exotica musician- info wanted - Tiki Music

M mriddle Member The Valley, like totally! Joined: Sep 06, 2003 Posts: 119	M mriddle Posted posted on Thu, Jun 10, 2004 8:32 PM OK, here is some info I gathered from the back of the LP covers for Gene Rains: LOTUS LAND: "...it was the late Alfred Apaka who discovered the Rains group in some obscure bar in Honolulu and signed them for the big build-up in the famous Shell Bar of the Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki. We (Decca records) happened to be there in Septeber of '59 on a recording junket...Alfred insisted that we listen to Gene and his quartet." PERSONNEL: Gene Rains-Vibes, Paul Conrad-paino, Archie Grant-bass & flute, Allen Watanabe-percussion. Arrangements by Rains & Conrad (I think this is the same Paul Conrad who recorded a solo album called "Exotic Paradise" with the tucan bird on the cover) The way I understand it; the Hawaiian Village is where Apaka was the music director. Apaka was also the one who hired Martin Denny's band (with Arthur Lyman) to play at the Village. Henry J. Kaiser was the owner of the Hawaiin Village where he built the "aluminum dome". Which is where the Arthur Lyman band recorded some of their albums.

OK, here is some info I gathered from the back of the LP covers for Gene Rains:

LOTUS LAND:
"...it was the late Alfred Apaka who discovered the Rains group in some obscure bar in Honolulu and signed them for the big build-up in the famous Shell Bar of the Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki. We (Decca records) happened to be there in Septeber of '59 on a recording junket...Alfred insisted that we listen to Gene and his quartet."
PERSONNEL: Gene Rains-Vibes, Paul Conrad-paino, Archie Grant-bass & flute, Allen Watanabe-percussion. Arrangements by Rains & Conrad (I think this is the same Paul Conrad who recorded a solo album called "Exotic Paradise" with the tucan bird on the cover)

The way I understand it; the Hawaiian Village is where Apaka was the music director. Apaka was also the one who hired Martin Denny's band (with Arthur Lyman) to play at the Village. Henry J. Kaiser was the owner of the Hawaiin Village where he built the "aluminum dome". Which is where the Arthur Lyman band recorded some of their albums.

Post #95793 by mriddle on Thu, Jun 10, 2004 8:32 PM