Author Archives: Ellen Angelico

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.