The Mountain (album)

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The Mountain
Studio album by Steve Earle
Released	23 February 1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	Bluegrass, Country
Length	45:45
Label	E-squared Records
Producer(s)	Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy and Ronnie McCoury
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The Music Box link All Things Considered (favorable) link
Steve Earle chronology
El Corazon (1997)	The Mountain (1999)	Transcedental Blues (2000)

The Mountain is an album released by Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band on February 23, 1999 (see 1999 in music).

The songs were written by Earle with musical accompaniment provided by the famous bluegrass band of Del McCoury.

The album was a significant departure from Earle's previous work, being the first wholly bluegrass album he had written. Earle made the album as a tribute to the founder of bluegrass music, Bill Monroe, who had died in 1996.

The album was nominated for a 2000 Grammy Award in the "Best Bluegrass Album" category (Earle's seventh Grammy nomination). Two tracks from the album were released as singles in the UK: "Dixieland" (distributed to radio only) and "The Mountain" (a commercial release).

[edit] Track listing

1. "Texas Eagle"
2. "Your Forever Blue"
3. "Carrie Brown"
4. "I'm Still in Love With You"
5. "Graveyard Shift"
6. "Harlan Man"
7. "The Mountain"
8. "Outlaw's Honeymoon"
9. "Connemara Breakdown"
10. "Leroy's Dustbowl Blues"
11. "Dixieland"
12. "Paddy on the Beat"
13. "Long, Lonesome Highway Blues"
14. "Pilgrim"