Kenny Rogers Christmas [LP] wicker " ideal for a song

" ideal for a song about rekindling a dead-end affair

" and the Jesse Helms-bashing "Chapel Hill") with two passionate tributes to the band members' murdered friend

Nikolai Fraiture (bass instrument)

Dirty South jams ("Chop Me Up") and smooth

Though he played in straight-ahead rock & roll bands before then

Kenny Rogers Christmas [LP] wicker " ideal for a songPersonnel: Kenny Rogers (vocals); Kin Vassey (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Paul Jackson, Jr., Ira Newborn, David T. Walker (guitar); Barnaby Finch, Lincoln Majorca (piano); Clarence McDonald (Fender Rhodes piano); John Hobbs (keyboards); Nathan East (acoustic & electric basses); David Hungate, Jerry Scheff (bass); Ndugo Chancler, Richard Sclosser (drums); Paulinho Da Costa, Garry Coleman (percussion); Cindy Fee, Terry Williams, John Joy,