I liked this performance too, just as I liked other songs by DonM which I have in my collection.
I used to think that this style of music (country) is so "American" that only Americans can get it right, but now I have a thought that Country deals with the image of America which exists in our minds, a bit romanticized and symbolic, not necessarily depicting the atmosphere people in USA are dealing with each day.
Personally I feel more alienated when I listen to today's popular music, or some songs which I hear, for example, in McDonalds or Burger King (we have a lot of them now).
These thoughts gave me an idea that I probably should get my guitars fixed.