There are more than one artist with the name Dave Allen: I. David Allen Stich (September 27, 1941 – April 28, 1985), also known as Rockin' Dave Allen and Dave Allen, was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Allen performed live throughout Texas and the Gulf Coast area from the late 1950s through the early 1980s. He recorded for the Jin, Eric, International Artists, Rock-a-Billy and Big Orange record labels for a total of sixteen 45 sides and two vinyl LPs. Some of this material has also appeared on compact disc anthologies by Ace Records. Approximately eighty minutes of Allen’s recordings remain unreleased. Biography Allen was born in Houston, Texas but his family moved to Franklin, a farming and ranching community in central Texas, just before he started school. Allen exhibited musical talent at an early age, picking out melodies on the mandolin when he was five years old and playing the fiddle on a local radio program in nearby College Station shortly thereafter. He got his first guitar, a Silvertone archtop from Sears, at the age of twelve. Allen turned professional at the age of fourteen, playing regularly with Richard Smith and the Hill Boppers. Although mostly familiar only with country music up to this point, Allen saw one of Elvis Presley’s early Texas performances in 1955 and began to emulate the playing style of Presley’s guitarist, Scotty Moore. Rockabilly and rock ‘n’ roll soon became his main interest and he acquired a 1956 Fender Stratocaster a

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