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Melonie
Cannon - Melonie Cannon Melonie started doing studio work in her early teens with artists like George Jones and Kenny Chesney. Melonie did a stint in the army to tame a wild streak in her. A fractured hip, during a morning run, gave her a medical discharge and back she went to Nashville. She started hanging around with bluegrass musicians at Nashville's Station Inn. Ronnie Bowman heard her sing the first time and told her right away that he wanted to work with her. Ronnie is a seasoned bluegrass musician and a respected person in the field. Ronnie got a band together to do her first record -" Dan Tyminski, Jerry Douglas, Rob McCoury, Barry Bales, Stuart Duncan and Rob Ickes" - simply put; the best. Melonie cut the first three tracks with the band, her supposed scratch vocals. The scratch vocals sounded so good they were kept as the final product. Two more sessions were arranged with Melonie singing live with the band to finish out a ten track CD. Well, let's cut to the music. This is a great collection of ten songs, the band leaves you in awe in the way they interact, the great high lonesome harmonies, Melonie's honest, straight forward vocals and great material. The band jams out each song. I honestly love this whole CD, just great
music and basic production without a lot of special effects. Honestly, this record blew me away so much, it took me a while before I could do the review. With the parade of new female country artists coming out in Nashville now, Melonie wins the prize. She sings with the control of Chet Atkins and the emotion of Duane Allman. |
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Like good
stories? I do. Such is the case of Melonie Cannon, known by everyone around
Nashville as the daughter of songwriter, producer Buddy Cannon. For her debut CD, Melonie has the most seasoned, down home country voice that I've heard, rivaling Alison Krauss and Rhonda Vincent.