Product Description

Rural Rhythm Records is proud to release the highly anticipated second album by the amazingly gifted and talented MELONIE CANNON, titled AND THE WHEELS TURN .

Raised in the wings of the Grand Ole Opry, Melonie mingled as a young girl with the Royalty of country music. She knew them through her father, songwriter and producer Buddy Cannon, a giant himself in Nashville. Melonie was just fourteen when she sang on her first recording session and since then has appeared on many major artists albums including Sammy Kershaw, John Michael Montgomery, Kenny Chesny and more.

AND THE WHEELS TURN is the perfect vehicle for MELONIE CANNON S pure and powerful voice to shine as she moves through a variety of hand picked songs that showcase her soulful down home vocal style, including the up-tempo, fun and liberating first single I Call It Gone . Other album highlights include the passionate and reflective Cactus In A Coffee Can , I ve Seen Enough Of What s Behind Me written by Ronnie Bowman and Tammy Rogers, Mary Magdalene Why You Cryin , another Ronnie Bowman song co written by Melonie Cannon, Marla Cannon Goodman and Buddy Cannon and Back To Earth the beautiful duet written by and performed with country legend Willie Nelson.

AND THE WHEELS TURN is backed by an impressive list of musicians that reads like a Who s Who from the Bluegrass & Acoustic music world including Dan Tyminski, Adam Steffey, Tim Stafford, Randy Kohrs, Aubrey Haynie, Wyatt Rice, Jody King, Barry Bales, Deanie Richardson, and background vocals by Ronnie Bowman, Garnet Imes Bowman, Sonya Isaacs and more.

MELONIE CANNON S impressive debut solo album in 2004 was received very warmly by the media, radio, her peers and Bluegrass and Country Music fans. AND THE WHEELS TURN again for MELONIE CANNON as she clearly establishes herself as new important emerging artist out from the shadows of those major artists that have known what most of us are now just discovering. MELONIE CANNON has arrived!