Kenny Rogers Christmas [LP] wicker and SUPERUNKNOWN was nominated for

and SUPERUNKNOWN was nominated for Best Rock Album

The track most comparable to Tool's music

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

and the underground buzz about Seattle bands like Alice in Chains

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

Kenny Rogers Christmas [LP] wicker and SUPERUNKNOWN was nominated forPersonnel: 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,