How an 11-year-old Iowa superfan got to meet her pop idol, Michael McDonald

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How an 11-year-old Iowa superfan got to meet her pop idol, Michael McDonald
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While most tweens in America might fawn over the likes of Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber or Harry Styles, 11-year-old Paisley Gardner of Des Moines has a different idol, a boy she kept hearing on the radio: 1970s soft rock legend Michael McDonald.

— While most tweens in America might fawn over the likes of Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber or Harry Styles, 11-year-old Paisley Gardner of Des Moines has a different idol, a boy she kept hearing on the radio.Parents Tony and Jessica said they didn't know what to think, when a few months ago, their daughter became obsessed with that buttery smooth voice of 1970s soft rock legend Michael McDonald.

So last month, Tony got tickets to see McDonald in Des Moines for $7 apiece, and then surprised Paisley with the concert of her lifetime. McDonald is on tour with thePaisley says she was the youngest fan in the audience by a generation, and the only one who actually got to talk to McDonald, sort of."He said 'thank you' to me!"

But it wasn't quite enough. Following the show, Paisley spoke to CBS News about how cool it would have been to have a real talk with McDonald."How are you, darling?" McDonald asked a shocked Paisley, who started to cry, but then recovered for a nice conversation."Well, he's one of my best friends," McDonald told her."We'll have you see the show from backstage maybe, how's that?" McDonald asked her.

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