I think Steve fits fairly cleanly into the No Depression Rock-Country-Roots Movement, along with Townes, Dwight Yoakam,Gram Parsons, Allison Moorer, Emmylou Harris, and others. It's country, but not Nashville. It's roots, but not traditional. It's rock when it wants to be. Most of these folks cover songs by people like Woody, Merle, Buck and Hank, stuff with too much honest grit for Top 40 Country and CMT. Unfortunately, it's also too country and not trendy enough for Rock stations,VH1, or MTV. I do think it represents the cutting edge of Folk today, however.