title: The Mountain (Steve Earle album)
text: # The Mountain (Steve Earle album)
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
  | Orlando Sentinel | |
  | Pitchfork | 8.8/10 |
  | The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
  | The Village Voice | A− |
  
  The Mountain is the eighth studio album by Steve Earle, backed by the Del McCoury Band, and released in 1999 (see 1999 in music).
  
  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).
  
  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
  
  * "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
  
  ### Additional artists
  
  * Iris Dement - vocal (track 4)
  * Sam Bush - mandolin (track 14)
  * Jerry Douglas - resonator guitar (track 4, 14)
  * Stuart Duncan - fiddle (tracks 4, 9, 12)
  * Dan Gillis - tin whistle (track 11)
  * Gene Wooten - resonator guitar (tracks 7, 10)
  * Tony Fitzpatrick - Album Artwork
  
  ### Chorus on track 14
  
  * Meghann Ahern
  * Sam Bush
  * Kathy Chiavola
  * Cowboy Jack Clement
  * Dave Ferguson
  * Emmylou Harris
  * John Hartford
  * J.T. Huskey
  * Lisa Huskey
  * Benny Martin
  * Tim O'Brien
  * David Rawlings
  * Peter Rowan
  * Marty Stuart
  * Gillian Welch
  
  ## Chart performance
  
  | Chart (1999) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) | 93 |
  | U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 19 |
  | U.S. Billboard 200 | 133 |
  | Canadian RPM Country Albums | 14 |
  