Calder Allen Is Carrying the Torch for a Lineage of Great Austin Songwriters

Austin Monthly Magazine

Calder Allen Is Carrying the Torch for a Lineage of Great Austin Songwriters

On a cool morning in September 2022, Calder Allen waded out into icy river water just outside Missoula, Montana, to settle his mind with some fly fishing. A few weeks earlier, the fifth-generation Austinite had left behind his native state to attend the University of Montana with a plan to study outdoor recreation. As a longtime lover of nature, Allen planned to eventually work as a fishing guide or a lodge manager, but there was still an underc…