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The Mountain
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0614005116422
Label: E-Squared
Manufacturer: E-Squared
MPN: 51164
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: E-Squared
Release Date: February 23, 1999
Studio: E-Squared
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Editorial Review:
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
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 from triple-time breakdowns to bluesy shuffles to meditative waltzes, but there's not a missed note or strained chorus anywhere. As Earle states at the outset, "If you want to be in the band, you have to put your hat on," and the one he's wearing, at least figuratively, is 10 gallon-plus. --Keith Moerer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - school stuff
we had to buy this because a couple of songs have been used in "Sprinboard" English framework.We have enjoyed the diffrent type of music.
Rating: - Bluegrass with an edge
This CD is a stroke of genius. Steve Earl leverages the superb talents of some of the finest bluegrass musicians in the business and mixes in a hearty dose of his own creative talent to produce this timeless classic. The lyrics are amazingly sophisticated for bluegrass and the words to "Kerry Brown" are enough to keep a shrink busy for 2 months. Steve Earl has been crossed off a few Christmas Card lists lately because of that whole "American talaban" thing, but this CD was recorded years before ... Read More
Rating: - Wonderful Surprise
I love this album. If you enjoy bluegrass this is a great album to have. It's high energy and fun to listen to. I particularly love the song with Iris Dement.
Rating: - Powerful Coal Mining Songs
If you love Bluegrass, you will love Steve Earle teaming up with the Del McCoury Band on these original bluegrass songs. If you love songs about coal mining, "Harlan Man" and "The Mountain" are two of the best ever written - instant classics. A tremendous CD!
Rating: - Timless
"My primary motive in writing these songs," Steve wrote in a press release for this disc, "was both selfish and ambitious--immortality. I wanted to write just one song that would be performed by at least one band at every bluegrass festival in the world long after I have followed Mr. Bill [Monroe] out of this world." The songs certainly should pass that test. The hillbilly murder ballad "Carrie Brown" is one classic; "Dixieland" is another; and the closing "Pilgrim"--which most reviewers singled out ... Read More
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