Syracuse, N.Y. — David S. Cook, who often went by Dave, was quiet in conversation and electric on stage, friends said.

He was the kind of rock guitarist who could light up a bar with a single riff.

Cook, a longtime Central New York musician known for his fiery playing and warm personality, died Thursday evening in a rollover crash on Route 481 in Cicero . He was 67.

News of his death spread quickly through Syracuse’s music community Friday morning. He had played for years with Mad Jack before forming his own band Cousin Jake in 1996.

Lou Kaplan, Cook’s former bandmate in the ’80s rock group Mad Jack, said he woke to a text from his sister at 5:30 a.m. telling him Cook had died.

“It’s terrible,” Kaplan said. “Dave was very well liked and highly respected.”

Kaplan remembered Cook as

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