I don't think he would've been a John Denver (sorry John - you
  were good, but you weren't Jesus) - but I think he would've been
  part of an Underground band - sneered at by the locals ("no man
  is a prophet is his home town") but gaining in popularity
  elsewhere. But afterwards, his bandmates would have sent out
  bumper stickers, flyers, refrigerator magnets, been on youtube,
  facebook and yes - even ...myspace - put out AdWords ads on
  Google, had the emblems on sneakers, hats and t-shirts - and
  gotten followers to do the same - secret code words.. and have a
  whole legion of young folks saying, "They just don't understand
  us." The radio stations wouldn't play the songs because of their
  anti-establishment ways, but they'd be passed around just the
  same."