He may look up to Springsteen but he seems to be emulating George Michael. When did the three-day growth of facial hair come back in style?
Tom Petty (who died the same day as the Las Vegas shootings) once referred to modern country music as "Bad Southern Rock with a fiddle" - and I think even that was a charitable assessment.
Too charitable, because good Southern rock can be really great, all branches of it (Allman Bros jazz-style jamming, Skynyrd barroom rock, Atlanta Rhythm Section adult contemporary, etc).