Mike Allen

Biography

Mike Allen (born Mike Allen Hofacker) is a Southern Gospel bass singer and a veteran of the United States Marines. He was a member of The Weatherfords around 1991. He was with Poet Voices from 1996-1998. He next filled in with the Old Friends Quartet when George Younce was unable to perform. Mike also sang for the Homeland Quartet in the early 2000s.

In 2007, he replaced Hovie Walker as bass singer for the Prophets. He was a long-term fill-in as bass singer for the LeFevre Quartet from 2010-2011. He sang with the Palmetto State Quartet in the early 2010s.

When Brian Speer and wife Allison Durham Speer launched the New Speer Family in 2018, Allen was tapped for the bass singing position.

Discography

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2003 Way Down Deep (Crossbridge Music/CBD0303): God Is With Us (Our Emmanuel); Roll Away Troubled River; Way Down Deep; So I Love Him Dearly; Hold Me; He Pilots My Ship; What I Have; Surely Goodness And Mercy; I'll Sail Away Home; The Love Of The Lord; Child Of The King; I Believe, Help Thou My Unbelief.

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2011 Timeless Hymns (Song Garden Records/81059): Peace In The Valley; In The Garden; I Know Who Holds Tomorrow; Great Is Thy Faithfulness; Rock Of Ages; The Old Rugged Cross; Abide With Me; There Is A Fountain; The Love Of God; Until Then; Let The Lower Lights Be Burning.