Harley Allen

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Harley Lee Allen (born January 23, 1956) is a country singer and songwriter.

He is a son of well-known bluegrass performer Red Allen. Married to singer Debbie Nims.

Allen has appeared on several 1970s albums with his brothers as The Allen Brothers. He has recorded two solo albums, "Another River" (1996) and "Live at the Bluebird" (2001).

He is most known for providing background vocals on the song "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" from the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Soundtrack. He has won two Grammy Awards for that recording in 2002, in the Best Country Collaboration with Vocals and Album of the Year categories.

The songs he has written or co-written are, among others, performed by:

Gary Allan ("Bourbon Borderline", "I Just Got Back from Hell", "Learning to Live with Me", "Tough Little Boys")
Dierks Bentley ("My Last Name")
Tracy Byrd ("Cowgirl")
Garth Brooks ("Rollin")
The Grascals ("Being Me", "Hoedown in Motown", "Me and John and Paul")
Alan Jackson ("The Angels Cried", "Another Good Reason", "Between the Devil and Me", "Everything I Love", "I Slipped and Fell in Love", "I Still Love You", "Life or Love", "Meat and Potato Man", "Who I Am")
Alison Krauss & Union Station ("It Doesn't Matter")
John Michael Montgomery ("Cool", "December 1943", "I Wanna Be There", "The Little Girl")
Emmylou Harris/Linda Ronstadt/Dolly Parton ("High Sierra")
Blake Shelton ("The Baby", "The Bartender", "When Somebody Knows You That Well")
Josh Turner ("I Had One One Time")
Darryl Worley ("Awful, Beautiful Life", "Spread a Little Love Around")
Joe Nichols ("I'll Wait For You", "If Nobody Believed In You")