George Yanagi & Rainy Wood

George Yanagi & Rainy Wood is a Japanese rock and R & B band formed around George Yanagi . Formed in 1975 and disbanded in 1981.

George Yanagi, who had a long history of laying down , formed in 1975 with the Hiroshima band "Mayflower" in the background, and held a concert "Karasu no Hane" in Yokohama Noon, etc., which gathered many amateur bands as a source of income at the time of formation. Was getting [1] . R & B was based blues-rock music, such as of a revolutionary for its time, Kitai of willow vocal and UeTsuna Katsuhiko , Ishii SeiNoboru ran up to the top band in the high song writing of et al. [1] .

1978 , album title track of the second album "WEEPING IN THE RAIN" is, Kenichi Hagiwara starring in TV drama " dead hunting used the theme song of the" English of the lyrics of the Japanese instead of the lyrics " crying in the rain ... " It was a single cut with the title of, and it was a big hit and a break [1] . After that, it gained popularity as an adult rock band received by experts, and released many hit songs.

The 1979 4th album "RAINY WOOD AVENUE" , which includes " Smile On Me " used in Shiseido 's CM song , won the first appearance on the Oricon album chart .

Disbanded at the Nippon Budokan concert at the end of 1981 . After the dissolution, George Yanagi is active as a solo artist. The other members replaced the members as " THE WOOD ", but they disbanded in 1983 .

In April 2005, a one-day revival live was held in Yokohama .

Performed at the Fuji Rock Festival in July 2008 .

member
George Yanagi : Vocal Guitar
Katsuhiko Kamitsuna : Vocal Keyboard Reader　
Kiyoto Ishii : Vocal guitar
Mickey Yamamoto : Vocal Bass
Yoshihiro Yotsuda : Vocal Drums
Akio Suzuki : Vocal Saxophone Flute 　

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