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Mark Hallman
Mark Hallman
Born	August 1, 1951 (age 73); Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Americana
Occupation(s)	Producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
Instrument(s)	Keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, vocals
Website	congresshouse.com

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Mark Hallman (born August 1, 1951) is an American producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.^[1] He has worked with Carole King (appearing on seven of her albums as a performer and producer), Ani DiFranco, and Eliza Gilkyson.

In the mid-'70s, Hallman was the one of the two principal singer/songwriters for Boulder, Colorado-based country rock band Navarro. Navarro put out two albums on Capitol Records, Listen in 1977 (produced by Hallman) and Straight From the Heart in 1978.^[2]

According to a Rolling Stone</> interview with Cameron Crowe, after the band had broken up,^[3] Hallman received a phone call from Carole King asking Navarro to be her touring band. King had become aware of Navarro after Dan Fogelberg brought her to a show.^[4]

Navarro had also worked with Jerry Jeff Walker, and King, as a fan of his, sought out Navarro to be her touring band. The band, and Hallman in particular, found a quick ally in King. Before long, Hallman was producing King's albums and performing in her band.

Hallman relocated to Austin, Texas with King in 1980 and established himself as a producer with the opening of The Congress House Studio.^[5]

In 1995, at the height of her notoriety, independent artist Ani DiFranco chose Hallman's Congress House to record her album Dilate, which began a long musical partnership between the two. The song "Glass House," co-engineered by Hallman off of DiFranco's 1999 CD Little Plastic Castle was nominated for a Grammy in 1998 for Best Female Rock Vocalist.

A feature-length film, The Shopkeeper: A Documentary about Mark Hallman & the Music Business, produced by Hallman client Rain Perry, is scheduled for a 2016 release.^[6]

References

^ "Mark Hallman at All Music". Retrieved January 13, 2016.

^ "Navarro Discography".

^ "Rolling Stone #248: Carole King and Navarro By Cameron Crowe".

^ "From Commune To Congress House".

^ "Musicians Off the Record".

^ "The Shopkeeper: A Documentary about Mark Hallman & the Congress House".

Selected Discography

Main article: Mark Hallman production discography

Year Album Artist Credit

2015 Ode to Thinking Bobby Long Producer, Mixing, Mastering, Accordion, Bass, Drums, Guitar (Electric), Harmonica, Lap Steel Guitar, Mandola, Organ, Piano, Pump Organ, Vocals (Background)

2015 Restless Ones Heartless Bastards Engineer, Mixing

2013 Love Calling Darden Smith Engineer

2012 Reunion Lucy Kaplansky Engineer

2011 Portrait Wheeler Brothers Engineer, Mixing, Mastering, Accordion, Pump Organ

2011 Roses at the End of Time Eliza Gilkyson Mixing, Mastering, Musician, Vocal Harmony

2010 Red Horse Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka,Lucy Kaplansky, Red Horse Mixing, Mastering, Bass

2009 Wilson Street Charlie Faye Producer, Mixing, Accordion, Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Mastering

2008 Beautiful World Eliza Gilkyson Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering, Musician

2008 Cinderblock Bookshelves Rain Perry Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Vocals, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Lap Steel Guitar, Bouzouki, Mandolin, Penny Whistle, Accordion, Piano, Organ, Chamberlin, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Drums, Tambourine, Percussion, Vocals (Background), Bass, Mastering, Composer

2007 Pure and Crooked/Skeleton Key Iain Matthews Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Audio Production, Main Personnel, Guitar (Acoustic), Acoustic 6-String Guitar, Guitar (Electric), E-Bow, Harmonica, Keyboards, Bass (Acoustic), Guitar (Bass), Drum Programming, Vocals (Background), Bass, Composer

2007 Your Town Tonight Eliza Gilkyson Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Audio Production, Main Personnel, Vocals, Shaker, Mastering

2006 Long Walk to Freedom Ladysmith Black Mambazo Assistant Engineer

2006 Retrospective: Just One More Time The Derailers Percussion

2006 The Dark Ride/God Looked Down Iain Matthews Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Harmonica, Piano, Wurlitzer, Tabla, Tambourine, Percussion, Bass, Vocal Harmony, Organ (Hammond), Executive Producer

2005 Hotwalker Tom Russell Engineer, Mixing, Main Personnel, Vocals, Mastering

2005 RetroSpecto Eliza Gilkyson Producer, Vocals, Guitar (12 String), Keyboards, Drum Programming, Bass\

2005 These Times We're Living In: A Red House Anthology Producer, Accordion

2005 Underdog Wishing Chair Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guitar (Electric), Bouzouki, Piano, Log Drums, Tambourine, Vocals (Background), Bass, Organ (Hammond), Mastering

2004 45 South Ray O'Hara Mixing

2004 A Pocketful of Rain Michael Fracasso Vocals, Composer

2004 Ain't in It for the Money Micky & the Motorcars Engineer, Mixing, Mastering

2004 Back to the Door The Hoyle Brothers Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Audio Production, Vocals (Background), Mastering, Composer

2004 Blood of the Ram The Gourds Mixing

2004 Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs Tom Russell Engineer, Mixing, Bass, Mastering

2004 Land of Milk and Honey Eliza Gilkyson Producer, Engineer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Nylon String), Tuba, Tambourine, Vocal Harmony, Mastering

2004 Lullabies from the Axis of Evil Vocal Engineer

2004 Pieces Brent Adair Engineer

2004 The Day the World Stopped and Spun the Other Way Colin Gilmore Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Vocals, Guitar, Mastering

2003 Evolve Ani DiFranco Engineer

2003 Immortal Val Davis Producer, Guitar (Electric), Talking Drum, Bass

2003 Modern Art Tom Russell Producer, Engineer, Whistle (Human), Harmonica, Accordion, Organ, Talking Drum, Vocals (Background), Bass, Tambo Drums

2003 One More, Once More Dale Watson Engineer

2003 Pieces of East Shadow Box Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Vocals

2003 Sixty Minutes of Sin Steve Bice Mastering

2003 Tombstone Boys, Graveyard Girls Tom Ovans Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Accordion, Drums, Bongos, Maracas, Tambourine, Percussion, Vocals (Background), Organ (Hammond), Mastering, Tambo Drums

2003 Too Old to Change/Jerry Jeff Jerry Jeff Walker Drums

2002 Holiday With Genie Lowery 66 Mixing

2002 Lost and Found Eliza Gilkyson Producer, Engineer, Vocals (Background)

2002 The Beat Trade Tom Ovans Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guitar (Acoustic), Tambourine, Percussion, Organ (Hammond), Mastering, Tambo Drums

2001 International Pop Overthrow, Vol. 4 Engineer

2001 Live Sister 7 Engineer, Mixing

2000 Hard Times in Babylon Eliza Gilkyson Producer, Engineer, Accordion, Vocals (Background)

2000 Misfits Eliza Gilkyson Engineer

1999 From the Mother Sue Young Mixing

1998 Excerpts from Swine Lake Iain Matthews Sequencing

1998 Little Plastic Castle Ani DiFranco Engineer

1998 This Euphoria Davíd Garza Assistant Engineer

1997 Nights in Manhattan (And Points West) Iain Matthews Guitar, Vocal Harmony

1997 Redemption Road Eliza Gilkyson Engineer, Vocals

1997 This the Trip Sister 7 Engineer

1996 Dilate Ani DiFranco Engineer

1996 God Looked Down Iain Matthews Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Percussion, Vocal Harmony, Executive Producer

1996 Jackpot The Derailers Percussion

1996 World Wide Open Omar & the Howlers Guitar (Acoustic), Shaker

1996 The Past Didn't Go Anywhere Ani DiFranco / Utah Phillips Engineer

1996 Time for Travellin': The Best of Joe Ely, Vol. 2 Joe Ely Vocals (Background)

1996 Venus Isle Eric Johnson Assistant Engineer

1995 No Bad Talk or Loud Talk 1977-'81 Joe Ely Vocals (Background)

1995 Muddy Springs Road Omar & the Howlers Percussion

1995 Pearls/Time Gone By Carole King Producer

1995 Return to Zero Hamilton Pool Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Harmonica, Piano, Organ, Wurlitzer, Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Programming, Drum Programming, Bass, Vocal Harmony, Organ (Hammond), Composer

1995 Underneath the Lone Star Sky Christine Albert Vocals (Background), Vocal Harmony, Production Assistant

1994 Dark Ride Iain Matthews Producer, Engineer, Guitar (Electric), Harmonica, Piano, Organ, Tabla, Tambourine, Percussion, Vocal Harmony, Organ (Hammond)

1994 Loco Gringos Lament Ray Wylie Hubbard Organ

1994 Necessary Angels Sara Hickman Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Remixing, Shaker, Percussion, Vocals (Background), Choir/Chorus, Tambo Drums

1994 Time Gone By Carole King Producer

1994 Voices Electric Plainsong Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Drums, Tambourine, Percussion, Drum Programming

1993 Dark Side of the Room Plainsong Editing, Balance Engineer

1993 Love & Trust Michael Fracasso Vocals, Percussion

1993 Skeleton Keys Iain Matthews Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Harmonica, Bass (Acoustic), Vocals (Background), Bass

1992 Texafrance Christine Albert Engineer, Vocals, Shaker, Tambourine

1990 Culture Swing Tish Hinojosa Mixing

1990 Pure and Crooked Iain Matthews Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), E-Bow, Keyboards, Guitar (Bass), Programming, Drum Programming, Vocals (Background), Composer

1989 Legends of Rainmaker Eliza Gilkyson Producer

1988 Walking a Changing Line Iain Matthews Producer, Synthesizer, Guitar (Bass), Vocals (Background)

1987 Pilgrims Eliza Gilkyson Producer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Vocals (Background)

1984 Hi-Res Joe Ely Vocals

1982 One to One Carole King Producer, Vocals (Background), String Arrangements

1980 Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King Carole King Producer, Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals (Background)

1979 Too Old to Change Jerry Jeff Walker Drums

1979 Touch the Sky Carole King Producer, Vocals, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Mandolin, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals (Background)

1978 Welcome Home Carole King Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Choir/Chorus

1977 Listen Navarro Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Piano (Electric), Organ (Hammond)

1977 Simple Things Carole King Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

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[1] "Mark Hallman at All Music". Retrieved January 13, 2016.

[2] "Navarro Discography".

[3] "Rolling Stone #248: Carole King and Navarro By Cameron Crowe".

[4] "From Commune To Congress House".

[5] "Musicians Off the Record".

[6] "The Shopkeeper: A Documentary about Mark Hallman & the Congress House".

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 In the mid-'70s, Hallman was the one of the two principal singer/songwriters for [[Boulder, Colorado]]-based country rock band Navarro. Navarro put out two albums on [[Capitol Records]], ''Listen'' in 1977 (produced by Hallman) and ''Straight From the Heart'' in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|title=Navarro Discography|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/2070502-Navarro-7?filter_anv=0&subtype=Albums&type=Releases}}</ref>
-After the band had broken up,<ref>{{cite web|title=Rolling Stone #248: Carole King and Navarro By Cameron Crowe|url=http://www.theuncool.com/journalism/rs248-carole-king-and-navarro/}}</ref> Hallman received a phone call from [[Carole King]] asking Navarro to be her touring band. King had become aware of Navarro after [[Dan Fogelberg]] brought her to a show.<ref>{{cite web|title=From Commune To Congress House|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1996-11-08/525544}}</ref>
+According to a <i>Rolling Stone</> interview with [[Cameron Crowe]], after the band had broken up,<ref>{{cite web|title=Rolling Stone #248: Carole King and Navarro By Cameron Crowe|url=http://www.theuncool.com/journalism/rs248-carole-king-and-navarro/}}</ref> Hallman received a phone call from [[Carole King]] asking Navarro to be her touring band. King had become aware of Navarro after [[Dan Fogelberg]] brought her to a show.<ref>{{cite web|title=From Commune To Congress House|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1996-11-08/525544}}</ref>
 Navarro had also worked with [[Jerry Jeff Walker]], and King, as a fan of his, sought out Navarro to be her touring band. The band, and Hallman in particular, found a quick ally in King. Before long, Hallman was producing King's albums and performing in her band.