I don't care what you call him. He's great driving music! And for a "country music bad boy" he's got some damn solid politics of the type usually associated with leftist folkies.

"Come Back, Emma Goldman
Come back old Joe Hill..."

One caution, though: don't play his songs to biker audiences unless you've got them down cold. (Especially "Copperhead Road".) Bikers are kind of proprietary about old Steve.

Willie-O