The Mountain
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com's Best of 1999
When country-rock icon Steve Earle teamed with blazing bluegrass act the Del McCoury Band, the result was more invigoratingly intense than even die-hard fans could have imagined. These energetic songs somehow sound innovative and timeless at the same time, merging the finest, first-person-narrated politico tunes of Springsteen or Dylan with the plaintive, hard-driving mountain wails of the Stanley Brothers and Bill Monroe. Whew. --Mike McGonigal --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Amazon.com essential recording
Even if it does begin with a jokey incantation of the Mickey Mouse theme song ("M-I-C-K-E-Y..."), The Mountain is Steve Earle's most traditional album, pairing country rock's most notorious miscreant with the best working band in bluegrass. Earle was inspired by a chance meeting with the late bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe, and this is his self-declared stab at musical immortality. It is easy to imagine these 14 songs sounding as good 40 years from now as they do today. The mood varies widely... read more --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
The Mountain
The Mountain, Music, Steve Earle & Del McCoury, Contemporary Bluegrass, Country-Rock, Neo-Traditional Folk, New Traditionalist, Pop, Popular Music, Rock, Rock/Pop, Roots Rock, Singer/Songwriter
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