How an 11-year-old Iowa superfan got to meet her pop idol, Michael McDonald
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Des Moines, Iowa — 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.
"Sounds like an angel, somehow," Gardner told CBS News.
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.
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