The most influential woman in country music you’ve never heard of.
Girl in a Hurry: The Shelly Bush Story
Ellen Angelico / We Own This Town
The most influential woman in country music you’ve never heard of.
The most influential woman in country music you’ve never heard of.
The most influential woman in country music you’ve never heard of.
Coming soon! Girl in a Hurry: the Shelly Bush story, available on your preferred podcast platform Valentines Day, 2025.
Shelly Bush wanted to be a star but she never achieved her dream, so why does her story matter? Artists like Shelly aren’t often noted in the record of country music history. She didn’t have awards or hit songs, but chart-toppers can only dream of leaving behind a legacy like she left.
Hosted by Ellen Angelico, Girl in a Hurry: The Shelly Bush Story is a love letter to “making it” as well as making the best of it. Angelico weaves together heartfelt interviews, hilarious anecdotes, and Shelly’s unforgettable music to celebrate the woman who proved that success is measured by impact, not accolades.
Ellen is an in-demand session musician based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Nashville Scene calls Ellen an “ace of all things stringed” and “one of the greatest utility players in Nashville.” She plays guitar, bass, pedal steel, mandolin, banjo, dobro, keys, and trombone everywhere from the Grand Ole Opry to Guam. Ellen played in Shelly Bush’s band for a couple years before Shelly’s passing in 2015.
When she is not backing up a variety of talented acts (Cam, Mickey Guyton, Brandy Clark, Uncle Kracker, Delta Rae, Ty Herndon, Adeem the Artist, and many others) Ellen pens a quarterly column for Premier Guitar. Under the moniker Uncle Ellen, she releases original music once in a blue moon.
Ellen regularly volunteers with organizations like Please Vote Nashville, Nashville Launch Pad, and Association of Horizon, and she proudly serves on the Hearing Board of the Nashville Musicians Association, AFM Local 257. She hopes to leave the music industry better than she received it.
