Susan and Evelyn check in to update you on how quarantine is treating them. They discuss the state of Evelyn's garden, the music business and their lives. Spoiler alert: Susan has spent some time playing the flute!

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Susan and Evelyn return with their thoughts on this year's CMA Awards. The ladies hold nothing back as they take you through all the performances & star-studded guests at this year's event.

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Join Susan and Evelyn LIVE from the Country Music Hall Of Fame in Nashville, TN where shared the stage with Monument co-presidents, and future “Shady Ladies of Music City,” Shane McAnally and Jason Owen, as they traded industry stories.

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Throughout the years, Susan & Evelyn have gotten the chance to work alongside some of the best in the industry. In this episode, they highlight some of the incredible music business executives they've worked with and friends they've made.

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"What happens on the bus, stays on the bus..." The setting for all the best music industry folklore is the tour bus. In this episode, Susan & Evelyn share their favorite and most memorable moments out on the road.

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On first dates, they tell you not to talk about politics, money & religion. Well, luckily this isn’t your first date with the Shady Ladies. Susan and Evelyn discuss the changes they’ve seen in the country music’s relationship with all of the above. Get ready for some hot takes and strong opinions.

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Susan and Evelyn had the chance to work with some of the biggest names in country music. "The Guys" were a huge part of their many fun times and career highlights. In this episode, the ladies take you through some of their fondest memories with the men of the genre.

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00:40 – Hot Guys 

02:40 – Johnny Cash

04:45 – Kris Kristofferson

05:10 – Willie Nelson

05:55 – Heavy Hitters

09:10 – Roy Orbison

09:40 – Kenny Chesney 

12:40 – Randy Travis 

13:47 – Ricky Van Shelton

14:05 – Dwight Yoakam

14:35 – Steve Earl

15:30 – Alan Jackson

16:08 – Travis Tritt

18:25 – Kenny Rogers 

19:35 – George Jones

33:55 – Willie Nelson

39:16 – Music City Myth

Behind the country music scandals that we've all come to know, there were two women putting out fires behind-the-scenes... our very own Shady Ladies, Susan & Evelyn. In this episode, the women take you through some of the crises they saw their artists through and how they resolved them.

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1:50 – Randy Travis’ sexuality questioned & queerness in country music

8:50 – George Jones’ car crash

18:15 Paparazzi in NYC vs. Nashville

21:00 – Willie Nelson caught with pot

22:10 – Willie & the IRS

22:45 – Travis Tritt’s comments about Billy Ray Cyrus

25:45 – Randy Travis’ “wedding” & obsessed fans

31:10 – Music City Myth

Susan & Evelyn became the first two women to run a record label in Nashville together at Asylum Records. During this episode, they take you through their time at the label – how it started, how they industry reacted and how it ultimately was shut down.

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:38 – Susan’s trip to the hospital

7:55 – the days of Asylum Records

10:05 – Susan’s prison time & the first dinner

11:25 – Nashville’s reaction

12:35 – 'Tammy Wynette Remembered'

13:10 – George Jones’ ‘Cold Hard Truth’

14:30 – the plight at country radio

17:20 – Fedex debacle

18:05 – the accomplishments

18:45 – the GRAMMYs

23:00 – playing golf

23:40 – Music City Myths

"Everybody in the music business is a scammer." Music City was a magnet for fellas with loose purse strings and a lot of money. Susan & Evelyn talk about the shenanigans of the many con artist that they've had the pleasure of knowing and what ultimately put them in jail.

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And now for the leading ladies... In this episode, Susan and Evelyn cover all of the incredible women they have had the chance to work with. Tune in for the good, the bad and the ugly. It's true what Kitty Wells said, "it wasn't God who made honky tonk angels".

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1:15 Tammy Wynette

4:30 Honky Tonk Angels (Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette)

5:35 Susan gets bit by a spider

6:35 Tammy performs in Washington DC & Susan’s eye issue

8:12 HonkyTonk Angels in the studio

9:35 Lorrie Morgan

13:10 Emmylou Harris

15:25 Trio II (Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt)

18:05 Shelby Lynne

23:00 Other incredible women in country music

25:28 K.T. Oslin

27:30 Music City Myths segment

You’ve probably heard about some of “The Institutions” of country music… the CMA Awards, the Grand Ole Opry, the ACM Awards, CMA Fest (formerly Fan Fair), this list goes on and on. But you probably haven’t heard stories like this. On this episode, Susan and Evelyn talk about some of their high (and very low) points during these huge industry events.

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1:23 Evelyn’s time on CMA Board Of Directors

2:00 Ricky Van Shelton gets kicked off the Opry grounds, Evelyn makes the paper

7:00 Country music industry retirement home

8:05 CMA Awards

9:48 Alan Jackson’s controversial performance of George Jones’ song “Choices” on the CMA Awards

12:03 BMI/ASCAP/Sesac Awards dinners

13:27 Willie Nelson’s unexpected appearance at the BMI Awards

15:00 ACM Awards

15:33 “Jews In Country Music”

16:35 Randy Travis at the ACM Awards

18:45 Susan & Evelyn get lost leaving the ACM Awards

19:40 The Beach Boys at Fan Fair

20:50 More on Fan Fair/CMA Fest

22:00 Evelyn’s first Fan Fair

24:55 Music City Myth segment

Listen if you are interested in: CMA Awards, CMA Fest/Fan Fair, ACM Awards, Ricky Van Shelton, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis

If you want to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly, then this episode is for you. Susan and Evelyn share their stories of the last days of some of country music’s most beloved legends like Tammy Wynette and George Jones. They were there at the beginning, but more importantly, they were there at the end.

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1:37 - Tammy Wynette's death

8:05 - Tammy's fax letter about Susan & Evelyn

10:30 - George Jones' funeral plots

12:20 - George's letter to Susan

13:00 - Johnny Paycheck's burial

14:35 - George Jones' death

17:30 - Disputes following country stars deaths

20:10 - George Richey

22:40 - Tammy's mother MeeMaw

Listen if you are interested in: George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Paycheck, country music deaths, country music funerals

Evelyn Shriver will say her story is not as colorful as her co-host Susan’s, but we beg to differ. She may not have spent time in prison, but at 17 she left home for New York City, and got her first job working with mega movie stars like Cary Grant, Bette Davis, and Joan Crawford. Her introduction into the music industry was with Cher and Diana Ross, and she was part of the team that launched People Magazine, MTV and Entertainment Tonight. See what we mean….that’s pretty colorful. “Shady Ladies of Music City” will delve into the life Susan and Evelyn shared running Asylum Records and working with clients like Randy Travis, George Jones and Willie Nelson, but first, take some time to get to know the other half of your hosting duo, Evelyn Shriver.

Susan Nadler will tell you her life got a whole lot more fun when she met her co-host Evelyn Shriver in 1988, but truth be told she had already lived a lot of life. Before she even started her legendary career in the music industry, she had already lived in three different countries, evaded a 27 year sentence in a Mexican prison for smuggling hash, successfully run a popcorn stand out of Key West, and happened to find her way into PR via the Benson and Hedges Blues Tour. “Shady Ladies of Music City” will delve into the life Susan and Evelyn shared running Asylum Records and working with clients like Randy Travis, George Jones and Willie Nelson, but first, take some time to get to know one half of your hosting duo, Susan Nadler.

Susan and Evelyn have worked behind the scenes with countless legendary artists & musicians since the late 70’s. The power duo are legends themselves in the eyes of Nashville’s Music Row and beyond. Now, they are bringing those backstage stories and unbelievable moments with a substantial amount of unexpected, sometimes brutal, honesty to Shady Ladies of Music City. Shady Ladies of Music City is a tell-all podcast recorded and produced in Nashville, TN by Monument Records that is equal parts music, comedy and female empowerment.