Hoot:

Ouch!

Spencer may be understated and (mostly) acoustic as opposed to hard-edged and electric, but he's certainly the "real thing." (One of an infinite number of possible "real things," anyway.) This quirky little project is hardly typical of his overall work, of course, no more than it would be of anyone's.

Hey, I'm not about to argue personal taste with anyone ~ you can like and dislike whatever you must ~ but I would ceratinly take issue with the statement...

...virtually everything of any worth in [any] field is already out there for sale.

There's always room for something new, different, and creative, in any genre. I bet you'd enjoy Robert Randolph and the Family Band, unknown outside their church just a few years ago...