The Mountain

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Originally released in 1999 and widely regarded as one of the best albums of that year, New West is proud to reissue one of Steve Earles finest works. Released in 1999, The Mountain marks a radical departure from Steve Earles previous works as it was his first wholly bluegrass album. He later revealed that he had made the album as a tribute to the founder of bluegrass music the legendary Bill Monroe, who had died in 1996. In order to help flesh out the songs he had written for the album, Steve Earle called upon the famous bluegrass band of Del McCoury; widely regarded as one of the finest bluegrass bands on the planet who at that point had won 12 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, including best album, instrumental group of the year (twice) and entertainer of the year (4 times).