Didn’t Pat Boone (decked out in black leather) do something similar (covering hard rock and metal) a several years back? I never listened to it so I could be wrong, but I feel confident that he didn’t magically become accepted as a “rocker” or “metal head.”
Didn’t Dolly Parton try to “bow out” of induction into the RRHOF? But she was inducted anyway. My wife really likes Dolly and I can listen to most of her stuff, but she is, and never has been, a R&R performer.
I try to keep things simple. I work on fundamentals (both guitar and bass), adding new songs from time to time, in an attempt to suck less. Not exactly sure how well I’m succeeding.