Hey Russell,
Great to see a song from you, and welcome to the forum!
First of all a very good song.
I think your vocal is fine. Not listening on my best system at the moment, that’s shut down for the night. Listening on my evening system (iPad ;P ) I think you might have too much reverb on the vocal.
But I like the song and great to hear the live instruments in the mix.
Nicely done!
I like your Waylon quote too, right on the money.