To my it seems like he knocked out a bunch of folk and country and soft-rock songs. None of it sounds innovative to me. Just plodding and ordinary to my ears. Mind you I obviously come at it from 40-50 years after he wrote the stuff that made his reputation, and understand that it's filtered through everything that came after it.
That knowledge is not going to help me like it any better though.
To my it seems like he knocked out a bunch of folk and country and soft-rock songs. None of it sounds innovative to me. Just plodding and ordinary to my ears. Mind you I obviously come at it from 40-50 years after he wrote the stuff that made his reputation, and understand that it's filtered through everything that came after it.
That knowledge is not going to help me like it any better though.