That he is. Of course, he's more commercial than a guy like Steve Earle but nothing wrong with that. People's taste in music varies. I remember in school way back thru the mists of time, I loved Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Tommy James & The Shondells, CCR, The Beatles, The Guess Who, Iron Butterfly &.... &.... &...….. The Monkees. Of course, I never took my Monkees albums to school when our teachers allowed it. I'm sure a lot of my classmates were the same as they sure sold a lot of albums,