The Mountain (Steve Earle album)


The Mountain is the eighth studio album by Steve Earle, backed by the Del McCoury Band, and released in 1999.
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. Two tracks from the album were released as singles in the UK: "Dixieland" and "The Mountain".
Emmylou Harris performed the song "Pilgrim" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on July 10, 2017.
A cover of the song The Graveyard Shift is featured on Wanda Jackson's 2012 album Unfinished Business.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Steve Earle
  1. "Texas Eagle"
  2. "Yours Forever Blue"
  3. "Carrie Brown"
  4. "I'm Still in Love With You"
  5. "The 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"

    Personnel

;Additional artists
;Chorus on track 14