Pedal steel guitarist in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Van Allen grew up in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC and primarily plays with artists in the DC area.
APPEARANCES +
Dave Newhouse
Natura Morta
2024, 
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, Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Experimental
Eric Brace & Last Train Home
Everything Will Be
2022
Eric Brace & Last Train Home
Daytime Highs & Overnight Lows
2019
Jonny Drucker
Jonny Drucker
2016, CD, EP, Bandit Susan Record Label
Karl Straub & The Graverobbers*
Harlem Hayride
2013
Honeychurch
Will You Be There With Me
2012, CD, Album, Siren Electric
Various
Trouble In The Fields: An Artists' Tribute To Nanci Griffith
2012, CD, Album, Paradiddle Records (3)
Marti Brom
Not For Nothin'
2010, CD, Album, Goofin' Records (2), Ripsaw Records, 
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, Rhythm & Blues/Rockabilly/Honky Tonk/Rock & Roll
June Star
Shift, Engage, And Initiate
2009, 8xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Not On Label (June Star Self-released)
Eric Brace & Last Train Home
Six Songs
2009, CD, ,
, Folk Rock
Luke Brindley
Luke Brindley
2007, CD, Album, AER, 
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, Country
Bill Williams
Handful
2007, CD, Album, Not On Label
Last Train Home
Live At Iota
2007, ,
, Country/Folk/Folk Rock/Country Rock
Various
A Case For Case (A Tribute To The Songs Of Peter Case)
2006, 3x CD,
Last Train Home
Bound Away
2005
Last Train Home
Tributaries
2002, CD, MiniAlbum, Adult Swim Records, ,
, Country Rock/Folk Rock/Country/Folk
Last Train Home
Holiday Limited
2000, CD, Album, Adult Swim Records
Last Train Home
True North
1999, HDCD, Album, Adult Swim Records
Last Train Home
Last Train Home
1998, CD, Album, Adult Swim Records, ,
, Folk Rock/Country/Folk/Country Rock
Kevin Johnson
The Rest Of Your Life
1994, CD, Album, SAM Records (4)
Robin & Linda Williams
Turn Toward Tomorrow
1993, CD, Album, Sugar Hill Records (2)
Martha Hull And The Steady Jobs
First Time
1982, 7", EP, Wasp Records
The Kevin Cordt Quartet
Live At Iota Club And Cafe
CD, Album, Not On Label