The MountainAmazon. com 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