Hello Jesse:
VERY interesting piece there. You've got a lot of creativity going on and it's good to hear. I REALLY liked the way your music isn't predictable (no I IV V here) and I found that very refreshing. Good to see you over in this forum.
When you draw from the Wilbury's you're starting in a great place. The song itself is quite good and it definitely has a "Wilbury" thing going on. I'm also really impressed with the recording itself: very clean and professional. Ditto on your mix.
Dawg gone, that's just excellent. I thought the song was superb, and the video is icing on the cake. You need to post a tut on how to do vids. Very, very creative. It's hard to believe you put it together in a day.
Backwoods, that's a good list. I haven't been to the Voxengo site for years. They have a lot of good free stuff. It makes you realize that been Cakewalk and other free software that you can make well-recorded and mixed music on a shoe-string.