Steve Earle And The Del Mccoury Band

The Mountain Is An Album Released By Steve Earle And The Del McCoury Band On February 23 1999.
The Songs Were Written By Steve 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 .
A Cover Of The Song The Graveyard Shift Is Featured On Wanda Jackson's 2012 Album Unfinished Business. Track Listing All Tracks By Steve Earle
"Texas Eagle"
"Yours Forever Blue"
"Carrie Brown"
"I'm Still In Love With You" Duet With Iris DeMent "The Graveyard Shift"
"Harlan Man"
"The Mountain"
"Outlaw's Honeymoon"
"Connemara Breakdown"
"Leroy's Dustbowl Blues"
"Dixieland"
"Paddy On The Beat"
"Long Lonesome Highway Blues"
"Pilgrim" Personnel Steve Earle — Guitar Vocal
Del McCoury — Guitar Vocal
Ronnie McCoury — Mandolin Vocal
Robbie McCoury — Banjo
Jason Carter — Fiddle
Mike Bub — Bass Chart Performance Chart 1999 - Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums -19
U.S. Billboard 200 - 133
Canadian RPM Country Albums - 14 Steve Earle With The Del McCoury Band Also Recorded “I Still Carry You Around” For The 1997 Album “El Corazon”. read less