# 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, Blueground Undergrass, 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

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