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"Our city needs this right now," said Sara Blakely, a 26-year-old student who lost her job as a restaurant manager this year. "It's given people something to smile about," added Becky Zaborski, who works in Toledo and lives in Petersburg, Mich. Kelly Kreger brought her 11-year-old son to see his favorite singer, even though it was a school day. "He just begged me," Kreger explained. Many in the crowd said what they like most about Bowersox is that she's down-to-earth. "She seems just like us," Kreger said, adding that she can identify with Bowersox' earthy, humble roots. Bowersox got her start playing in coffeehouses and singing karaoke with her mother. By age 14, she was on stage by herself in ramshackle bars, playing original songs for factory workers. The owner of one of her favorite hangouts, Papa's Tavern, shook his head and laughed when he looked at a photo of Bowersox playing on a concrete patio behind his bar last Memorial Day. "She made 50 bucks that day," said Tim Stahl. "She's gonna make a lot more now." ___ Fox is a unit of News Corp. ___ On the Net:
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