2009-07-24 FOX 6 David Cook – The American Idol Bachelor (unedited Video) (TRANSCRIPTION)

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7/24/09 TV News (MISC) Fox 6 David Cook – TheAmerican Idol Bachelor (unedited Video)

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Reporter: What’s this last year been like for you?David: (Laughs) I’ve been asked that a lot lately. Uh, quick, I don’t know. It doesn’t feellike it’s been a year. Um, in fact I was talking to, uh, I was talking to my family the other day, and it’ll been two years next month since I auditioned. So it’s been, I don’t knowwhere the time’s gone, to be honest with you. But I’m enjoying it. I’m having a blast being out on the road, and uh, waking up in a different city every day, having newstimuli, and getting’ to play music. There’s nothing cooler than that.Reporter: Is this like a dream come true for you, obviously?David: Yeah! I think, uh, I, you know, I grew up watching my dad play guitar, and uh, I picked up a guitar around 12, 13. And I think from the second I started playing one, itwas just kinda what I wanted to do.Reporter: So, what were you doing, like, just 2 years ago. You decided, hey I’m justgonna try out for American Idol… what were you doing before that?David: Before this, I was actually, I’d been in bands since I was 15, uh, so I was doingthat down in Tulsa, and uh, working on a solo record, and bartending. And then um, Iwent to Omaha with my little brother, he was auditioning, I went as moral support andgot talked into it in line and it all just kinda fell in place.Reporter: What is, what are, like, your favorite memories from American Idol? Did you,did you continue to watch the show, like the next…?David: I did watch, I watched last season. And it was weird watching it on the other endof the spectrum, you know. To, I had a different empathy, I guess, for the contestants.You know, before, it was you’d watch somebody and they wouldn’t sound good on aweek and you’d be like “man, that was just not good”, and now I’ll watch it, you know,and somebody will have an off week and it’s like, I wonder if they were sick, or if , youknow, something had happened, or maybe they didn’t learn their song well enough. Andyou start thinking about all these possible reasons. ‘Cause I remember, when I was onthe show, it was just like, there were some weeks like I would walk out on the stage and be like I have no idea what’s about to come out of my mouth, and um… But yeah, Idon’t know, I think, um, for me it just it’s been a whirlwind. It’s been so quick, I don’tknow. I feel like, I feel like maybe it’s been about 6 months.Reporter: You’re kidding?

David: Yeah, yeah. It’s been, we, I haven’t stopped, so…Reporter: What did you think of our guy, Danny Gokey?David: Um, you know, I like Danny. I thought, I thought what he brought to the tablewas cool. You know, he has, kind of, this Michael McDonald kind of quality about him,as I’m sure he probably wouldn’t like me saying, but... Um, ya know, I think, with histalent, I mean, the sky’s the limit, it’s just kinda what he does with it.Reporter: What did it feel like, for you, passing the torch?David: It was bitter sweet. Uh, I certainly was kinda keen on the idea of not being thenew guy anymore. Um, but, um, but yeah, you know, I mean, I had, I had an amazingexperience being on Idol and um, there were some aspects to being the new guy that Ireally liked. So, but, I think Kris is a great um, a great representative for the show. Ithink a lot of; I think almost everybody from this last season is a great representative for the show. And uh, you know, I think, uh, you know they’re out on the Idol tour now and probably enjoying themselves.Reporter: What’s ahead for you?David: Ah, well, we’re on the road ‘till probably the end of the year. And then, uh, youknow, unless the record keeps going the way it has, uh we’ll probably, uh, take the beginning of 2010 and start working on another one. So…Reporter: How has your sales been? How has your..David: Man, uh, we, you know, with the economy the way it is, I wasn’t really sure whatto expect coming out of the gate. Um, and, you know, we’ve sold, I think like, like 1.2million which is amazing. Um, the fact that people are taking this income that may not be so, you know, uh throw-away any more and investing it in, you know, our record andcoming to shows… that’s, that’s a huge compliment. We don’t take that lightly at all.Reporter: Where are you headed next? Do you know?David: Uh, next, we are heading back into Minnesota, and then, uh, after that I have noidea (laughs). So, other places, yeah.Reporter: Well, that’s a good thing!David: Yeah, sure. AbsolutelyReporter: Everybody likes that, waking up in a different place… Have you been here before?

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