“So he’s basically 70’s rock masquerading as country?”
The lead guitar in 70’s rock was better.
Yes indeed. Except for the contemporary genres which are just unbearable to me (such as thrash metal, etc), no one in mainstream rock seems to know how to wield a guitar, or other fundamental rock instruments, anymore. Chis Squire, Jaco Pastorius, Bill Bruford, etc, where are you?
But I will say, there’s a young German girl (name of Sina) on YT who plays the drums like nobody’s business. She can play the classics, but has her own style also, and prefers to learn by “feel” rather click tracks and such. I’m even more impressed because I’ve never really been impressed by female rock music instrumentalists. I’ve yet to hear of a female guitar player who had the chops, combined with the creativity, of the best of the men, and no, Nancy Wilson isn’t up there, in my book. (My understanding is that the most famous riffs in Heart’s most famous songs were played by the men in the group.)