I actually agree with you. I chose "You're Still The One" because it was the only song on the album that was anywhere near contemporaneous - and even that song was about 20 years old when Scofield did it. The rest... let's just say that Grant Green could have covered them on "Goin' West."
I don't think Sco actually listens to country music. He's always been heavily into wordplay, so I'm convinced the genesis of this album was when he saw the movie "No Country For Old Men." He looked in the mirror, saw an old guy staring back at him, and said "Hey! I can do a country album called "Country For Old Men"! Cool!" But then the challenge was in actually doing the album.
I'd challenge him to do a cover album of Morgan Wallen songs.