I'm a fan (and you should be too) because...he made 'rock music' good for me again.
I am a bit older and had sort of drifted away from rock to more pop, but especially classical music. But then one night I was channel flipping and landed on David Cook singing Day Tripper and something about him just made me sit up and say WHOA! Never had watched AI before either, but became a devoted fan and even started voting till my fingers bled! Also, learned how to text enough that I got in a bit of hot water with hubby. Wanted to know WHO I was texting all of a sudden, and then "who's this David Cook?" However, after listening to some of DCs music he came to the AI show at the BOK center with me and is now a fan 'with a grudge'.
I'm just sorry I didn't know anything about David before......when he was playing in clubs here in Tulsa. Would have been nice to hear him in a small venue, because I'm sure he will only be playing in huge arenas, etc from now on.