Denver
It's been eight years since John Denver's plane went down in the Pacific Ocean.
Denver got a bad rap because he would perform with the muppets and didn't take himself seriously.
His music is not generally considered classic.
But you know what I notice when I watch TV now? Commercials with new, bad versions of Country Roads and Rocky Mountain High. Country Roads is used to inspire people to vacation in West Virginia. Hey, I love West Virginia, it's beautiful. But how many people want to spend their two weeks off there? It's a tough sell.
Then to sell Coors Beer, we hear Rocky Mountain High, Denver's most beautiful song.
But Denver's voice is never heard on these commercials, despite the fact that his versions are far superior.
John Denver may not personify cool to some, but very few were as consistent a writer as he was or as prolific as he was.