Mark van Allen

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, Mark Wills, Warren Haynes, Sugarland, Jimmy Herring, Leftover Salmon, Guy Clark, Vassar Clements, Rehab and Manchester Orchestra.

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 Year Song/Album Artist Label Instrument Other credits Ref 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 Evolution Moonshine Still Tree Sound 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 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