Walking Down Rainhill

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Walking Down Rainhill
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Studio album by Jake Shimabukuro
Released August 24, 2004
Label Hitchhike Records
Jake Shimabukuro chronology
Crosscurrent
(2003)
Walking Down Rainhill
(2004)
Dragon
(2005)

Walking Down Rainhill is ukulele artist Jake Shimabukuro's third U.S. solo album. It was released on August 24, 2004 on the Hitchhike Records label. In Japan, the album was released on June 28, 2004 by Sony/Epic. [1]

Ukulele member of the guitar family

The ukulele is a member of the guitar family of instruments. It generally employs four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings. Some strings may be paired in courses, giving the instrument a total of six or eight strings.

Jake Shimabukuro American ukulele player and composer

Jake Shimabukuro is an American ukulele virtuoso and composer known for his fast and complex finger work. His music combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk, and flamenco. Shimabukuro has written numerous original compositions, including the entire soundtracks to two Japanese films, Hula Girls (2007) and the Japanese remake of Sideways (2009).

Hitchhike Records is the U.S. record label of ukulele performer Jake Shimabukuro. It is based in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is the American distribution arm of his recordings for Sony Music Japan International, which he signed with in June 2002.

Contents

The album won the 2005 Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, and the 2005 Hawaii Music Award for Best Ukulele Album.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jake Shimabukuro except where noted

  1. "Heartbeat"
  2. "Rainbow"
  3. "Walking Down Rainhill"
  4. "Grandma's Groove"
  5. "6 in the Morning"
  6. "Toastman's Wave"
  7. "Blue Roses Falling"
  8. "Hikaru Kaigara" (Masayoshi Yamazaki)
  9. "Wes on Four"
  10. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (George Harrison)
  11. "Equator"
  12. "Heartbeat" – reprise

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