Mark van Allen

American musician

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Mark van Allen

Born| 1954 (age 69-70)
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation(s)| Musician, recording engineer, record producer
Instrument(s)| Pedal steel, dobro, lap steel, electric and acoustic guitar, bass guitar, mandolin
Years active| 1979–present
Website| markvanallen.com

Musical artist

Mark van Allen (born 1954) is an American musician, recording engineer and record producer, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Instruments he plays include the pedal steel guitar, dobro, lap steel guitar, electric and acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and the mandolin.

As a touring and session musician, van Allen has appeared with a wide variety of artists, covering many musical genres, including Zac Brown Band, Shawn Mullins, Buddy Miles, Hank Thompson, Indigo Girls, John Berry,[1] Mark Wills, Blueground Undergrass,[2] Warren Haynes, Sugarland, Jimmy Herring, Leftover Salmon, Guy Clark, Vassar Clements, Rehab, Peter Rowan, Manchester Orchestra, and many more.

He currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, where he runs a multitrack recording studio and is active on the local recording and national touring scene.

## Discography

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Year | Song/Album | Artist | Label | Instrument | Other credits | Ref

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1979 | "A Song About A Letter" b/w "I Love You" (45 RPM single) | Merlin Jones | Frontier Records | Pedal steel |  |
1980 | "Memories of You" b/w "Someone Cares" (45 RPM single) | Randy Roddy |  |
1986 | Things Are Not The Same (LP) | John Berry | Clear Sky Records |  |
1988 | "Between 17 And 20" b/w " The Christmas Tree" (45 RPM single) | Kyle Ensley |  |  |
1993 | The Willing Suspension Of Disbelief | DeDe Vogt | Daemon Records |  |
1994 | Everyday Thing | Alan Wayne Baker | Rogue Records |  |
Things Are Not The Same (CD) | John Berry | Liberty Records/Patriot Records |  |
Rain | Jan Smith | Rogue Records | Songwriter |
1995 | Simple Life | Christopher Mercure | RamCat |  |
1996 | She Dreams Alone | Libby Eason | Dark Rose Records | Pedal steel, dobro, lead guitar |  |
John Grant | John Grant | RCR Records |  |
Horses And Guitars | Selene McCarthy | Mane N' Tale |  |
1997 | Real Cowboy Girl | Cowboy Envy | NikiVicki | Pedal steel |  |
Move Along | Thornton Price | TP10 |  |
Open the Window | Elise Witt | EmWorld Records |  |
1999 | Barnyard Gone Wrong | Blueground Undergrass | Root Cellar Records | Pedal steel, harmony vocals | Recording and mixdown engineer, co-producer |
Live at Southside Music Hall | HaneyJones Music | Pedal steel |  |
Live At The Variety Playhouse | Phoenix Records | Pedal steel, lap steel | Mixdown engineer, co-producer |
Live At The Variety Playhouse (European vinyl release) | Comet Records/Horizon Records |
Live at Iota |  |  |
Live At The Variety Halloween |  |  |
Prompt Temporary Relief | Good Medicine | Root Cellar Records | Pedal steel |  |
Just For The Songs | Rich Healy | Up and Running Records | Pedal steel, dobro, electric guitar |  |
Souldiers | Richard Long |  | Pedal steel | Recording engineer, producer |
2000 | Blueground Undergrass | Newground | Bgug Records | Pedal steel, dobro, lap steel, lead and harmony vocals | Recording and mixdown engineer, mastering engineer, producer |
Phoenix Presents Sampler | Phoenix Records | Pedal steel | Mixdown engineer |
Windows Sampler | Blueground Undergrass, Play J.Com | Windows Records |  |
Whatever Became Of Me? | Joyce Brookshire | EmWorld Records | Pedal steel, dobro |  |
Wagons Ho | Cowboy Envy | Daemon Records | Pedal steel |  |
Lost My Steel Railways | Danny Kahn |  | Pedal steel, dobro, electric guitar |  |
Fresh Flowers | Selene McCarthy | Mane N' Tale | Pedal steel, dobro, lead guitar |  |
One Horse Town | Queenie Mullinix |  | Pedal steel, dobro, electric guitar | Recording engineer |
Oldstar | Oldstar | Riverbridge Records | Pedal steel |  |
Dream | Karen Shayne | Rogue Records |  |
2001 | The Discussion Begins... | Dan K. Theory | Root Cellar Records | Lap steel, dobro | Recording and mixdown engineer |
Lollipop Rock | Lollipop Rock |  | Pedal steel |  |
Live | Music Badger.Com |  |  |
Cosmic Cabin Memories | Jim Thompson |  | Pedal steel, acoustic and electric guitar, dobro, mandolin, bass, baritone guitar | Recording and mixdown engineer, producer |
Watch and Learn Let's Jam: Country and Bluegrass |  | Cassette and Video Learning Systems | Pedal steel |  |
Dusk | Dusk Wilson Weaver | Phi Acoustics | Pedal steel, dobro, electric guitar |  |
2002 | Heartland | Athma Mitram |  |  | Recording engineer |
The Road From Swannanoa | Border Collies |  |  |
Moodswing Halo | Shane Bridges | Riverbridge Records | Pedal steel, dobro | Recording and mixdown engineer, producer |
On Board The Armenia | Calliope Fair | Root Cellar Records | Recording and mixdown engineer |
Knee Deep In Blues | Del Conner | DellConn | Pedal steel |  |
Just Being Me | Nichole Davidson |  |  |
Imperfectly | Libby Eason | Dark Rose Records | Dobro |  |
Not Too Late To Love Again | Wayne Hill | Forte Music | Pedal steel |  |
Let It Unfold | Sheri Kling | Heartsprings Music | Pedal steel, dobro |  |
This Guy's The Limit | Rich Millett | Pop Head Music | Pedal steel |  |
Lifelines | Paul Sforza | Turnstone Records |  |
The Treehouse Incident | Shadowood | Shady Music |  |
Enjoy The Ride | Rogue Records |  |
2003 | Nowhere Is Too Far | Jon Allmet | Between The Sheets Music |  |
Dance Around It | Box Rockers |  | Pedal steel, dobro, lap steel | Recording and mixdown engineer, co-producer |
With Shawn Mullins | Cornbread |  | Pedal steel |  |
Free To Go | Donna Hopkins |  | Dobro | Recording engineer |
HomeWrecker, HeartBreaker | Kate and The Retreads |  | Pedal steel |  |
Homewrecker, Heartbreaker | Kate James and Lost Country | Hayden's Ferry |  |
Chaff Harvest | Packway Handle Band | Busboat |  | Recording engineer |
Collage | Bill Shultz |  | Pedal steel, dobro, electric guitar | Recording and mixdown engineer |
Happy Holidays From 99X, Vol. III | Sugarland |  |  |  |
2004 | Live at Tree Sound Studios | Caroline Aiken |  | Pedal steel |  |
Three Rivers Point | Captain Soularcat |  |  |
In The Beginning | Emmaus Road Project |  |  |
All That We Let In | Indigo Girls | Sony/Epic | Pedal steel, dobro |  |
Drum & Bass Society, Vol. 1 | Joseph Patrick Moore | Blue Canoe Records | Pedal steel |  |
Crush | The Planet Riders |  | Pedal steel, dobro, electric guitar, baritone guitar | Recording and mixdown engineer |
Live At Eddie's Attic 3-24-04 |  | Pedal steel, dobro | Bad jokes |
County Line | Mark Scott | U.S. 78 Music | Pedal steel |  |
Premium Quality Tunes | Sugarland | Mercury Nashville |  |
Grey | Wayside Riders |  |  |
2005 | Why Not? | The Bird Dogs |  | Pedal steel, dobro, harmony vocals | Producer, engineer |
Clay Cook | Clay Cook |  | Pedal steel |  |
Sideman Blues | Bret Hartley Experiment | Tremolo Blue Music |  |
Heartland | Sheri Kling | Heartsprings Music | Pedal steel, dobro |  |
Man Made Trouble | Nathan Mayberry |  | Pedal steel, baritone guitar | Recording engineer |
Live at Eddie's Attic |  | Pedal steel |  |
[R]Evolution | Moonshine Still | TreeSound |  |
Hey Buddy | New Orlean's Juice |  |  |
Language Of Dreams | Berne Poliakoff |  |  |
For the Kids | Ranger Bill |  | Pedal steel, dobro, guitar, bass, keyboard, baritone guitar | Producer, engineer |
Home Grown | Zac Brown Band | Home Grown Records | Pedal steel |  |
2006 | The Memory of Your Company | Arlington Priest | Crazy Neighbor Records | Pedal steel, dobro |  |
Once In A Blue Moon | Larry Scott Chapman | Shane Records |  |
Songs From Stone Mountain | Dave Daniels & New Pony |  | Pedal steel | Recording and mixdown engineer, co-producer |
Streetcars Ain't Got Handlebars | Russ Duty |  |  |
Guns Kill People | Mike Killeen |  | Pedal steel, dobro | Recording engineer, co-producer |
Demos, Outtakes, Live and Whatnot |  | Recording, mixing, and mastering engineer, co-producer |
Wandering Moon | Kristin Markiton Band |  |  |
Live at Eddie's Attic Sept. 13, 2006 |  | Dobro |  |
T.B.S. Soundstage (DVD) |  | Pedal steel, dobro |  |
Myth of the Self Made Man | Nathan Mayberry |  | Recording engineer |
Cory Sellers | Cory Sellers |  |  |
Two Lane Road | South 70 |  |  |
Crazy | Pete Whitfield |  |  |
2007 | Courier | Brian Ashley Jones Trio |  | Dobro | Recording and mixdown engineer, co-producer |
That Should Heal Nicely | Bishop Don |  | Pedal steel |  |
Broken Window Pains | Shane Bridges | Riverbridge Records |  |
Gathering Of Eagles | Dwain Cleveland |  | Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, pedal steel, bass | Recording and mixdown engineer, producer |
| Kahle Davis and the Night Watchmen |  | Pedal steel, dobro | Recording and mixdown engineer, co-producer |
Highway to Fame (television special) | Tom Dugger |  |  |
| Owen Evans |  | Pedal steel, dobro, lap steel |  |
| Kecia Garland |  | Pedal steel, dobro | Recording and mixdown engineer, producer |
Jackson County Line | Jackson County Line |  | Pedal steel |  |
Hell Broke Loose in Georgia | Moira Nelligan |  | Bass, pedal steel | Recording and mixdown engineer |
Whiskey Down | Tyler Reeve |  | Pedal steel, dobro, lap steel |  |
Hard Headed Fool | Corey Smith | Razor & Tie | Pedal steel, dobro |  |
America | Robin Dean Salmon |  |  |
Slowly First | James Salter |  | Pedal steel |  |
| Tanglewood Tonic |  |  | Recording and mixdown engineer |
| Wighat |  |  | Mixdown engineer |
Crazy Heart | Tom Wolf |  | Dobro | Bad jokes |
We Know What You Want | Zydeco T |  |  | Recording and mixdown engineer, co-producer |
2008 | 90 Proof Lullabye | Connor Christian & Southern Gothic |  | Pedal steel, lap steel |  |
God Sent An Angel | Laveda Dorsey |  | Pedal steel, dobro |  |
CD single | Steve Freeman |  | Pedal steel |  |
Clear Channel Jingle | Simon Horrocks |  |  |
Little. And Low. | Mike Killeen | 227 Springdale Records | Pedal steel, lap steel | Recording and mixdown engineer |
Sugar On A Stick | Rebecca Loebe |  | Pedal steel |  |
CD single | Kristin Markiton |  |  |
Mending | The New Frontiers | The Militia Group |  |
She Says | J. R. Rund |  | Dobro |  |
South 70 | South 70 | DrumBum Music | Pedal steel, lap steel |  |
2009 | Naked | Steve Baskin |  | Pedal steel |  |
I Really Want to Say | Adam Bret |  |  |
Clementine | Dave Daniels | Black Hills Music | Recording engineer |
Just Like Ghosts | Dave Daniels & the PTA |  | Recording engineer, production |
Mystery Prize | Rebecca Loebe |  | Pedal steel, dobro |  |
| Nate Montgomery |  | Pedal steel, dobro, lead guitar | Recording engineer |
War and Sand | Krysta Nick |  | Pedal steel |  |
It's Been Worth It All | Dorothy Norwood | Malaco Records |  |
Welcome Home | Rehab | Universal Republic |  |
Keeping Up With the Joneses | Corey Smith | Undertone Records | Pedal steel, dobro |  |
Create Your Day, Celebrate Your Night | Emily Smith | Spirit Wave Healing | Pedal steel, keyboard, synthesizer | Music production, recording and mixdown engineer |
Sufficient Grace | Sufficient Grace |  | Pedal steel |  |
2010 | Universal You | Nathan Beaver |  |  |
New Hometown | Connor Christian & Southern Gothic |  |  |
Lovin' You Still | Georgia |  |  |
Mulennium | Gov't Mule | Evil Teen |  | [3]
Josh Harris | Josh Harris |  |  |
Poverty Is Real | Mike Killeen |  |  |
Manchester Orchestra | Manchester Orchestra |  |  |
The Broken Record | Corey Smith | Undertone Records |  |
Whiskey Gentry | Whiskey Gentry |  |  |
Unhyphenated American | Andy Lee White |  |  |
2011 | Everybody's Out Tonight | Nathan Beaver |  |  |
Power Up Jingle | Berkely Power Corporation |  |  |
The Oprah Song | Leslie Christian |  |  |
Georgia Fair | Georgia Fair | Sony Music |  |
Old North Monroe | James Matthew Hughes |  |  |
| The Internationals |  | Pedal steel, dobro, lap steel | Recording and mixdown engineer |
Signature Jingle | Revolution Radio |  |  |  |
First of Many | Saint Francis |  | Pedal steel | Mastering engineer |
"Revolution" (on Hemlockfest 2011 compilation CD) |  |  |
Revolution Radio Signature |  |  |
Andy Velo | Andy Velo |  |  |
Jayron Weaver | Jayron Weaver |  | Pedal steel, dobro |  |
2012 | Demo | Kristen Englenz |  | Pedal steel | Recording and mixdown engineer, producer |
2015 | Shine On the Waters of My Soul | Victor Johnson | Beautiful Things |  |
? |  | Aslyn |  |  |
| Leslie Barnett |  |  |
For the Lord is Royalty | Steven Kern |  | Recording and mixdown engineer, co-producer |
Long Journey | Mike Mermin |  | Pedal steel, dobro |  |
Compilation | Star Route USA |  | Pedal steel |  |
| Sundiver |  |  |
Drive | Francisco Vidal Band |  |  |

## References

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1. ^ "Country band places third". Calhoun Times and Gordon County News. 8 April 1987. p. 2B. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
2. ^ "The Band". Bluegroundundergrass.com. Retrieved 29 October 2013.[not specific enough to verify]
3. ^ "Mulennium Release Info". Evil Teen Records. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

## External links

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* "Home". Markvanallen.com. Retrieved 29 December 2020.