Mark van Allen- Musician, Recording Engineer, Producer- born Worcester, MA 1954- Instruments: Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro

Dobro

Dobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...

, Lap Steel Guitar, Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Mandolin

Mandolin

A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...

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As a touring and session musician, Mark has appeared with a wide variety of artists, covering many musical genres, including Shawn Mullins

Shawn Mullins

Shawn Mullins is an American singer-songwriter who specializes in folk rock, instrumental rock, adult alternative, and Americana music. He is best known for the 1998 single, "Lullaby", which hit number one on the Adult Top 40 and was nominated for a Grammy Award.-Career:Mullins was born in...

, Buddy Miles

Buddy Miles

George Allen Miles, Jr. , known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock and funk drummer, most known as a founding member of The Electric Flag in 1967, then as a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys from 1969 through to January 1970.-Early life:George Allen Miles was born in Omaha, Nebraska on...

, Hank Thompson

Hank Thompson (music)

Henry William Thompson , known professionally as Hank Thompson, was an American country music entertainer whose career spanned seven decades...

, Indigo Girls

Indigo Girls

The Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...

, John Berry, Mark Wills

Mark Wills

Daryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well...

, Blueground Undergrass, Warren Haynes

Warren Haynes

Warren Haynes is an American rock and blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Haynes is best known for his work as long time guitarist with The Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was a guitarist for David Allan Coe and The Dickey...

, Sugarland

Sugarland (band)

Sugarland, an American country music duo, is composed of singer–songwriters Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush . Sugarland was founded in 2002 by Kristen Hall with Bush and ultimately became a trio after hiring Jennifer Nettles as lead singer...

, Jimmy Herring

Jimmy Herring

Jimmy Herring is an American guitarist who is currently the lead guitarist in the band Widespread Panic. Herring is a founding member of Aquarium Rescue Unit and Jazz is Dead...

, Leftover Salmon

Leftover Salmon

Leftover Salmon is a jam band from Boulder, Colorado, formed in 1989. Their unique blend of bluegrass, rock, country, and Cajun/Zydeco, which the band calls "Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass", has found favor with the jam band scene...

, Guy Clark

Guy Clark

Guy Clark is an American Texas Country artist. In his career, he has released more than twenty albums, primarily on major labels. He has also written singles for other artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell....

, Vassar Clements

Vassar Clements

Vassar Clements was a Grammy Award- winning American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical...

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He currently resides in Atlanta, GA, where he runs a multitrack recording studio and is very active on the local recording and national touring scene. http://markvanallen.com

Discography:

• Abel and Rawls- "As We Wake From Our Sleep"- RTR (2001)- Pedal Steel
• Caroline Aiken- "Live at Tree Sound Studios" (2004)- Pedal Steel
• Jon Allmet- "Nowhere Is Too Far"- Between The Sheets Music (2003)- Pedal Steel
• Arlington Priest- "The Memory of Your Company"- Crazy Neighbor Records (2006)- Pedal Steel, Dobro
• Athma Mitram- "Heartland"- ATM 008- (2002)- Recording Engineer
• Alan Wayne Baker- "Everyday Thing"- Rogue (1994)- Pedal Steel
• John Berry- "Things Are Not The Same"- LP- Clear Sky Records AR86101 (1986)- Pedal Steel
• John Berry- "Things Are Not The Same"- Liberty/Patriot CDP-7243-8-31387-2-2 (1994)- Pedal Steel
• The Bird Dogs- "Why Not?" (2005)- Pedal steel, Dobro, Harmony Vocals, Producer and Engineer
• Blueground Undergrass- "Barnyard Gone Wrong"- Root Cellar RC5901 (1999)- Pedal Steel, Harmony Vocals, Recording and Mixdown Engineer, Co-Producer
• Blueground Undergrass- "Live at Southside Music Hall"- HaneyJones Music (1999)- Pedal Steel
• Blueground Undergrass- "Live At The Variety Playhouse
  Variety Playhouse
  Variety Playhouse is a music venue in the Little Five Points neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is located on Euclid Avenue and features a variety of music acts including rock, country, folk, bluegrass, jazz, blues and world music as well as other live shows.-Details:The building...
  
  "- Phoenix Presents 3001 (1999)- Pedal Steel, Lap Steel, Mixdown Engineer, Co-Producer
• Blueground Undergrass- "Live At The Variety Playhouse"- European Vinyl Release- Comet/Horizon HZ004/2 (1999)- Pedal Steel, Lap Steel, Mixdown Engineer, Co-Producer
• Blueground Undergrass- "Live at Iota"- DMATT4508 (1999)- Pedal Steel, Lap Steel
• Blueground Undergrass- "Live At The Variety Halloween"- SBD GINA PCM-M1 (1999)- Pedal Steel, Lap Steel
• Blueground Undergrass- "Newground"- BGUG AS11BN8-01 (2000)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Lap Steel, Lead and Harmony Vocals, Recording and Mixdown Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
• Blueground Undergrass- "Phoenix Presents Sampler"- Phoenix 6002 (2000)- Pedal steel, Mixdown Engineer
• Blueground Undergrass- PlayJ.Com- "Windows" Sampler (2000)- Pedal Steel
• Border Collies- "The Road From Swannanoa"- BCO2-01 (2002)- Recording Engineer
• Box Rockers- "Dance Around It"- BR0001 (2003) Pedal Steel, Dobro, Lap Steel, Recording and Mixdown Engineer, Co-Producer
• Shane Bridges- "Moodswing Halo"- Riverbridge (2002)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Recording and Mixdown Engineer, Producer
• Joyce Brookshire- "Whatever Became Of Me?"- EmWorld Records EMW-1009 (2000)- Pedal Steel, Dobro
• Calliope Fair- "On Board The Armenia"- Root Cellar (2002)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Recording and Mixdown Engineer
• Captain Soularcat- "Three Rivers Point" CS2699 (2004)- Pedal Steel
• Larry Scott Chapman- "Once In A Blue Moon"- Shane Records S4793 (2006)- Pedal Steel, Dobro
• Del Conner- "Knee Deep In Blues"- DellConn (2002) Pedal Steel
• Clay Cook- "Clay Cook"- Claycook.com (2005)- Pedal Steel
• Cornbread- "With Shawn Mullins"- (2003)- Pedal Steel
• Cowboy Envy- "Real Cowboy Girl"- NikiVicki (1997)- Pedal Steel
• Cowboy Envy- "Wagons Ho"- Daemon Records (2000)- Pedal Steel
• Dave Daniels & New Pony- "Songs From Stone Mountain"- (2006)- Pedal Steel, Recording and Mixdown Engineer, Co-Producer
• Dan K. Theory- "The Discussion Begins..."- Root Cellar RC 5903 (2001)- Lap Steel, Dobro, Recording and Mixdown Engineer
• Nichole Davidson- "Just Being Me"- (2002)- Pedal Steel
• Russ Duty- "Streetcars Ain't Got Handlebars"- (2006)- Pedal Steel
• Libby Eason- "She Dreams Alone"- Dark Rose DRM1015 (1996)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Lead Guitar
• Libby Eason- "Imperfectly"- Dark Rose DRM2002 (2002)- Dobro
• Emmaus Road Project- "In The Beginning"- (2004) Pedal Steel
• Kyle Ensley- "Between 17 And 20" b/w " The Christmas Tree"- 45 RPM single (1988)- Pedal Steel
• Good Medicine- "Prompt Temporary Relief"- Root Cellar RC-5902- (1999)- Pedal Steel
• John Grant- "John Grant"- RCR Records RCR0001- (1996)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Lead Guitar
• Happy Holidays From 99X- Volume III- (Sugarland) Best Buy.Com (2003)- Pedal Steel
• Bret Hartley Experiment- "Sideman Blues"- Tremolo Blue Music (2005)- Pedal Steel
• Rich Healy- "Just For The Songs"- Up And Running UARS001- (1999)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Electric Guitar
• Wayne Hill- "Not Too Late To Love Again"- Forte Music (2002)- Pedal Steel
• Donna Hopkins- "Free To Go"- DHB- 5299 (2003)- Dobro, Recording Engineer
• Indigo Girls- "All That We Let In"- Sony/Epic EK 91003 (2004)- Pedal Steel, Dobro
• Kate James and Lost Country- "Homewrecker, Heartbreaker"- Hayden's Ferry 24012 (2003)- Pedal Steel
• Merlin Jones- "A Song About A Letter" b/w "I Love You"- 45 RPM single Frontier records (1979) Pedal Steel
• Danny Kahn- "Lost My Steel Railways"- (2000)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Electric Guitar
• Kate and The Retreads- "HomeWrecker, HeartBreaker"- (2003)- Pedal Steel
• Mike Killeen- "Guns Kill People"- (2006)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Recording Engineer, Co-Producer
• Sheri Kling- "Let It Unfold"- Heartsprings Music HS 0201 (2002)- Pedal Steel, Dobro
• Sheri Kling- "Heartland"- Heartsprings Music HS 0501 (2005)- Pedal Steel, Dobro
• Lollipop Rock- "Lollipop Rock"- LPR 3305 (2001)- Pedal Steel
• Richard Long- "Souldiers"- RLP 001 (1999)- Pedal Steel, Recording Engineer, Producer
• Kristin Markiton- "Wandering Moon"- (2006) Pedal Steel, Dobro
• Kristin Markiton Band- "Live at Eddie's Attic Sept. 13, 2006" - (2006)- Dobro
• Nathan Mayberry- "Man Made Trouble"- (2005)- Pedal Steel, Baritone Guitar, Recording Engineer
• Nathan Mayberry- "Live at Eddie's Attic" (2005)- Pedal Steel
• Nathan Mayberry- "Myth of the Self Made Man" (2006)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Recording Engineer
• Selene McCarthy- "Horses And Guitars"- Mane N' Tale (1996)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Electric Guitar
• Selene McCarthy - "Fresh Flowers" - Mane N' Tale 002 (2000)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Lead Guitar
• Christopher Mercure- "Simple Life"- RamCat 12342 (1995)- Pedal Steel
• Mike Mermin- "Long Journey"- Pedal Steel, Dobro
• Rich Millett- "This Guy's The Limit"- Pop Head Music FR/SS-001 (2002)- Pedal Steel
• Moonshine Still- "[R]Evolution"- TreeSound (2005)- Pedal Steel
• Joseph Patrick Moore- "Drum And Bass Society Volume 1"- Blue Canoe Records 613847010042 (2004)- Pedal Steel
• Queenie Mullinix- "One Horse Town"- (2000)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer
• Music Badger.Com - "Live"- MB004 (2001)- Pedal Steel
• New Orlean's Juice- "Hey Buddy"- DJR 0001 (2005)- Pedal Steel
• Oldstar- "Oldstar"- Riverbridge MR1304 (2000)- Pedal Steel
• Packway Handle Band- "Chaff Harvest"- Busboat (2003)- Recording Engineer
• The Planet Riders- "Crush"- PRM0040- (2004)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Electric Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Recording and Mixdown Engineer
• The Planet Riders- "Live At Eddie's Attic 3-24-04" (2004) Pedal Steel, Dobro, Bad Jokes
• Phoenix Presents Sampler- (Blueground Undergrass)- Phoenix 6002 (2000)- Pedal Steel, Mixdown Engineer
• PlayJ.Com- "Windows Sampler" (Blueground Undergrass) (2000) Pedal Steel
• Berné Poliakoff- "Language Of Dreams"- CD-100 (2005)- Pedal Steel
• Ranger Bill- "For The Kids" (2005)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Baritone Guitar, Producer and Engineer
• Randy Roddy- Memories Of You" b/w "Someone Cares"- 45RPM single Frontier Records (1980) Pedal Steel
• Mark Scott- "County Line"- U.S. 78 Music (2004)- Pedal Steel
• Cory Sellers- "Cory Sellers"- (2006)- Pedal steel, Dobro
• Paul Sforza- "Lifelines"- Turnstone Records TR5170 (2002)- Pedal Steel
• Shadowood- "The Treehouse Incident"- Shady Music BODGPF02 (2002)- Pedal Steel
• Karen Shayne- "Dream"- Rogue (2000)- Pedal Steel
• Bill Shultz- 'Collage"- (2003)- Pedal steel, Dobro, Electric Guitar, Recording and Mixdown Engineer
• Jan Smith- "Rain"- Rogue- (1994)- Pedal Steel, Songwriter
• South 70- "Two Lane Road"- (2006)- Pedal Steel
• Star Route USA- Compilation- Pedal Steel
• Sugarland- Happy Holidays From 99X- Volume III- BestBuy.com (2003)
• Sugarland- "Premium Quality Tunes"- SGLND 01 (2004)- Pedal Steel
• Sundiver- CD in progress- Pedal Steel
• Kurt Thomas- "Enjoy The Ride"- Rogue KT0002 (2002)-Pedal Steel
• Jim Thompson- "Cosmic Cabin Memories"- TD76301 (2001)- Pedal Steel, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Dobro, Mandolin, Bass, *Baritone Guitar, Recording and Mixdown Engineer, Producer
• Thornton Price- "Move Along"- TP10 (1997)- Pedal Steel
• Watch and Learn Let's Jam - "Country and Bluegrass"- Cassette and Video Learning Systems (2001)- Pedal Steel
• Wayside Riders- "Grey"- WR001- (2004)- Pedal Steel
• Pete Whitfield- "Crazy"- (2006)- Pedal Steel, Dobro
• Dusk Wilson Weaver- "Dusk"- Phi Acoustics D 12751 (2001)- Pedal Steel, Dobro, Electric Guitar
• Elise Witt- "Open The Window"- EmWorld Records EMW-1008 (1997)- Pedal Steel
• Francisco Vidal Band- "Drive"- Pedal Steel
• DeDe Vogt- "The Willing Suspension Of Disbelief"- Daemon (1993)- Pedal Steel