want more of toledos finest? This teen singing and song-writing sensation from Toledo, Ohio (yes, just like American Idol’s Crystal Bowersox!) is pounding her way into the teen-age music world with her hard-hitting vocals and soul-stirring lyrics. see her songs at myspace.com/paytragessler!
Wow, how brilliant. I can't wait to hear what you're going to come up with over the years. You could sing the alphabet and I would buy it! Love you girl. You're gonna be a grey haired rockstar....a LEGENDARY one.
There's a CD of hers going around Toledo (I live here). These aren't even her best songs. There's at least 5 hit songs on it. They could release that CD as is. There's a version of "Me And Bobby McGee" with just her and her guitar. Absolutely fantastic. My sister knows her Dad and he gave her a copy and she made me a copy. It's going to live in my CD player in my car for the next 6 months. It is literally THAT GOOD.
Mamasox u are da BOMB!! AI is boring without u. you are the True artists and musician in this season. Wow. There are singers, and there are the GREATS! Mamasox i have faith you'll be one of the greats!
I love hearing her own songs. If she wants to make it, she's gonna have to continue with the songwriting. Singing makes her an entertainer. Writing songs makes her an artist. I can see in the few originals songs I've heard from her, that she has the potential to be a great songwriter. I just hope the big shot record executives she'll be meeting with next month, don't suck the soul out of her to make her more marketable, & take away the qualities that make her so endearing to begin with.
It is a pleasure to listen to Crystal singing her own songs to a live crowd. I would go to a AI concert, but she would most likely only get a song or two and it would not be one of her own. Her talent of writing music and words goes to heart of the trials of life ,the right one has to make changes and to work hard and achieve happiness.
Cyrstals concert in Toledo had people in the parking garages and on top of roof tops. They didn't show all that. They had over 10,000 in Toledo, then she went to Oak Harbor where there were another 10,000. The ball park where we saw her too had a record sold out crowd of 13,200
Some say she's not mainstream. So what if she's not mainstream? Pop songs are easiest and with her talent Crystal can belt out pop songs EASIIIILLy. I dont want any of those britney spears songs. I want 24-year old cross generation CRYSTAL!!
I think American Idol does not allow originals, unless they would have an original songs week or an exception for the Top 3. Bummer. I can't wait for her first professional album.
Watching Crystal interact with her folks back home...proves you can go home again...and for all of us who were already fans...watching Crystal show no traces of an ego-centric...spoiled starlet...but only a down to earth...well-rooted... midwestern upbringing...only makes us love her more than ever. Great post Kara.
IDEALLY...that would be with Frankie May on 6-string bass, along with his Dad, Bobby, and Ron Rasberry performing Grey Haired Rock Stars -- the song inspired by Bobby & Ron!!
Simply Amazing!! Thank you, Kara899 - because of all the wonderful Mamasox posts - you have given the world a chance to be part of this beautiful - talented - humble - kind and generous rising star! Because of your efforts - the world has been --- CRYSTALIZED!!
This is just some of lifes rewards for being alive. Just once in a generation does a singer songwriter like this come along. She is a glow in our lives which transcends all the hate and hurt in the world. Keep on Rockin girl till you become one of those gray haired Rockstars...
@RockStorm2001 If you are lucky...once in a generation. Crystal is a gift from God, sent to comfort people and lift up their spirits. Her words are full of truth and her voice is from the angels.
Enjoy her while you can fans cause in a little while we won't be seeing her every week and that makes me terribly sad. God bless you Crystal Bowersox.
Kara899, thank you so much for this video! I can't stop watching it. :) I really wish she'd do Holy Toledo on Idol....it's just so good. Grey Haired is good too, but I think the Idol crowd would be feelin' Holy Toledo more.
omg, she's made me tear up again! Crystal is just awesome. Please no one take this wrong, but she's got way more talent than is necessary to be an American Idol winner. She's like a veteran performer who's 15 years past a show like Idol, but I'm still so thankful she's on the show. America might never have been priveleged enough to hear her amazing talent had she not gone out and did this for her son.
Its fun seeing these home town celebrations. Great singer her and Lee Dewyze. Check out Lee's home coming parade in Mount Prospect. 12 rows deep of people for a two minute parade.
I am so glad that more and more people are getting exposed to her original music.. Thanks so much for Kara for providing these through out the season....I am so happy to have found Crystal this year, and think that she is just what we need...hope they will let her be Crystal!!!! Anyone who has missed her original stuff is sure missing a rare gem!!!!
Personally, I plan to be a "good fan" and BUY everything of Crystals that comes out...hope you do too. But for now I think you should be able to find her on I-tunes...maybe check for links @ the left column of fansofcrystalbowersox-dot-com??
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Or...click onto MY channel here and play my "Crystal" playlist. It is put together really nicely if I do say so myself ;-)
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Equally as good, and too bad she is no longer with us, is my Eva Cassidy playlist...
Kara... This is awesome thanks for keeping all the Mamasox fans informed asap!!! I appreciate you... But may I ask...? Are you a good friend or just another dedicated local fan???
She will win AI......I have been listening to all her originals and they are amazing!!!
Apropos germany, sei gegrüsst @Gummibaerchen1979, schön noch einen Fan aus der Heimat hier anzutreffen. Du hast einen klasse Channel, musste ich gleich mal subben. :-)
AN ABSOLUTE ANGEL...
JANIS IS RISING ....HOLD ON AND WAIT FOR CRYSTAL TO RISE!!!!
THE NEW PHOENIX!
MRMED123 1 year ago
Before all that Jamie Farr and Anita Baker!
sportsguruisme 1 year ago
Gray Haired Rock Star a masterpiece too! WOW!
nighthawk584 1 year ago 3
finnaly toledo gets some spotlight! first katie holmes! NOW CRYSTAL! NEXT APYTRA!
9200DACATTACK 1 year ago
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want more of toledos finest? This teen singing and song-writing sensation from Toledo, Ohio (yes, just like American Idol’s Crystal Bowersox!) is pounding her way into the teen-age music world with her hard-hitting vocals and soul-stirring lyrics. see her songs at myspace.com/paytragessler!
9200DACATTACK 1 year ago
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CRYSTAL,
PLAYS AND SINGS FORM HER 'NUTS'...........................
YEA SHE HAS 'EM... JUST KISTEN TO THE GRIT IN HER VOICE..
FIRST AMERICAN ARTIST TO HAVE THIS PASSION SINCE ..........
WELL, FOREVER
ENJOY HER ALL YOU CAN
SHE IS A NATIONAL TREASURE.
SC
MRMED123 1 year ago
I've seen all Cyrstals has done so far: this is her best. I look forward to watching her become a superstar. And she will.
MrNiceville77 1 year ago
lee might have won the title. but Crystal is going to go way above and beyond anything he will do. 2 years from now. no one will know who lee is.
struckync 1 year ago
4:51-9:30 Runner Up. Yeah, okay.
nyynygnyknyr1 1 year ago
i was touched by this. Hope both songs are on Crystal's first cd!!!!
50GAR 1 year ago
i am from a little town in miramichi new brunswick canada and i want to say i can`t wait to buy her first album she is so amazing go crystal go
marsbarsub2 1 year ago
Wow, how brilliant. I can't wait to hear what you're going to come up with over the years. You could sing the alphabet and I would buy it! Love you girl. You're gonna be a grey haired rockstar....a LEGENDARY one.
motherocean24 1 year ago
Great voice...but mediocre guitar writing...
AmericanIdolCharity 1 year ago
Crystal I'm asking the same question girl.. Love you.
nyc
utubin67 1 year ago
a great artist! keep on writing songs and keep em comin!
lokngid 1 year ago
There's a CD of hers going around Toledo (I live here). These aren't even her best songs. There's at least 5 hit songs on it. They could release that CD as is. There's a version of "Me And Bobby McGee" with just her and her guitar. Absolutely fantastic. My sister knows her Dad and he gave her a copy and she made me a copy. It's going to live in my CD player in my car for the next 6 months. It is literally THAT GOOD.
90mustangnut 1 year ago 6
Mamasox u are da BOMB!! AI is boring without u. you are the True artists and musician in this season. Wow. There are singers, and there are the GREATS! Mamasox i have faith you'll be one of the greats!
rloke 1 year ago
Wow!!
I love hearing her own songs. If she wants to make it, she's gonna have to continue with the songwriting. Singing makes her an entertainer. Writing songs makes her an artist. I can see in the few originals songs I've heard from her, that she has the potential to be a great songwriter. I just hope the big shot record executives she'll be meeting with next month, don't suck the soul out of her to make her more marketable, & take away the qualities that make her so endearing to begin with.
ApocalypsePlough 1 year ago 17
@ApocalypsePlough ...couldn't have said it better myself! Thanks ;-}
terrapinbrad 1 year ago
It is a pleasure to listen to Crystal singing her own songs to a live crowd. I would go to a AI concert, but she would most likely only get a song or two and it would not be one of her own. Her talent of writing music and words goes to heart of the trials of life ,the right one has to make changes and to work hard and achieve happiness.
springtimeandroses 1 year ago
I love you, MamaSox! You've got my vote!
afireinsd647 1 year ago
i seen her perform in toledo she amazing becuz i live in toledo
MissCutie1527 1 year ago
I don't understand why we can't get this video more VIEWS...it's freaking AWESOME.
kcgirlgeek 1 year ago
Fantastic! You got my vote Mamasox!
ssaieva 1 year ago
Guess it's better than Saturday Night In Toledo, Ohio. Remember that one? Made John Denver persona non grata in the Glass City.
youryorel 1 year ago
Cyrstals concert in Toledo had people in the parking garages and on top of roof tops. They didn't show all that. They had over 10,000 in Toledo, then she went to Oak Harbor where there were another 10,000. The ball park where we saw her too had a record sold out crowd of 13,200
jadezxy 1 year ago
She is so awesome
aprilemily 1 year ago
I LOVE BOTH OF THEES SONGS. and she hits it out of the ballpark. HOME RUN!!!
harro215 1 year ago 2
SHE IS AMAZING!! She should sing one of her original on the finale.
cubanic80 1 year ago
Soulful singer. Very rare.
Some say she's not mainstream. So what if she's not mainstream? Pop songs are easiest and with her talent Crystal can belt out pop songs EASIIIILLy. I dont want any of those britney spears songs. I want 24-year old cross generation CRYSTAL!!
rloke 1 year ago
god I love her!
toriboy25 1 year ago
I think American Idol does not allow originals, unless they would have an original songs week or an exception for the Top 3. Bummer. I can't wait for her first professional album.
mustaccept 1 year ago
Beautiful
LBOD1 1 year ago
Crystal is ALREADY an American Idol!! What a gift!!
margidear 1 year ago
simply awesome
Mudtyrtle 1 year ago
Amazing singer and performer. Also lovely and the sweetest face. i hope she wins AI.
LoisBenton 1 year ago
take it all Crystal you deserve it!!
juliuswizard 1 year ago
Watching Crystal interact with her folks back home...proves you can go home again...and for all of us who were already fans...watching Crystal show no traces of an ego-centric...spoiled starlet...but only a down to earth...well-rooted... midwestern upbringing...only makes us love her more than ever. Great post Kara.
yorknew7 1 year ago 3
I predict Crystal singing one of her originals on American Idol.............Like next season performing her own hit song as returning champion!!!!!!
Go Crystal!!!!!!!!!!
MidAgeAllisonFan 1 year ago
@MidAgeAllisonFan
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IDEALLY...that would be with Frankie May on 6-string bass, along with his Dad, Bobby, and Ron Rasberry performing Grey Haired Rock Stars -- the song inspired by Bobby & Ron!!
axisroto 1 year ago
@axisroto This sounds like a plan to me.
MidAgeAllisonFan 1 year ago
I just love her! She is so funny, sweet, talented and beautiful!
sugarberries1972 1 year ago
Simply Amazing!! Thank you, Kara899 - because of all the wonderful Mamasox posts - you have given the world a chance to be part of this beautiful - talented - humble - kind and generous rising star! Because of your efforts - the world has been --- CRYSTALIZED!!
sweetpickle57 1 year ago
This is just some of lifes rewards for being alive. Just once in a generation does a singer songwriter like this come along. She is a glow in our lives which transcends all the hate and hurt in the world. Keep on Rockin girl till you become one of those gray haired Rockstars...
RockStorm2001 1 year ago 20
@RockStorm2001 If you are lucky...once in a generation. Crystal is a gift from God, sent to comfort people and lift up their spirits. Her words are full of truth and her voice is from the angels.
Enjoy her while you can fans cause in a little while we won't be seeing her every week and that makes me terribly sad. God bless you Crystal Bowersox.
usernametaken56 1 year ago
Kara899, thank you so much for this video! I can't stop watching it. :) I really wish she'd do Holy Toledo on Idol....it's just so good. Grey Haired is good too, but I think the Idol crowd would be feelin' Holy Toledo more.
Ling86fanforever 1 year ago
omg, she's made me tear up again! Crystal is just awesome. Please no one take this wrong, but she's got way more talent than is necessary to be an American Idol winner. She's like a veteran performer who's 15 years past a show like Idol, but I'm still so thankful she's on the show. America might never have been priveleged enough to hear her amazing talent had she not gone out and did this for her son.
Ling86fanforever 1 year ago
live or recording,she's just exactly the same.unlike many 'singers' today who doing live,sucks.
kamikazeVX 1 year ago 2
she should sing one of those next week as her personal pick!
cooljob9 1 year ago 9
@cooljob9 i agree. grey haired rock stars!
Kara899 1 year ago 7
Kara899, thank you for posting this. Crystal is unbelievable.
niceville58 1 year ago
Its fun seeing these home town celebrations. Great singer her and Lee Dewyze. Check out Lee's home coming parade in Mount Prospect. 12 rows deep of people for a two minute parade.
sonofmabarker 1 year ago
@sonofmabarker There was over 10,000 people at crystal's concert
Kara899 1 year ago 7
I hope american idol lets her sing her original grey haired rock stars at the FINALE!
Kara899 1 year ago 2
@Kara899 YESSS...and with Ron Rasberry and Bobby May, with Bobby's son Frank on 6-string bass!!
axisroto 1 year ago
Yay! I was hoping you'd post her performance. Loved it! Thanks!
DraykoDog 1 year ago
If Fox was smart they'd give her a televised concert soon and let her do her originals and a few cover tunes.
Go Crystal!
Hobodeluxe007 1 year ago
I am so glad that more and more people are getting exposed to her original music.. Thanks so much for Kara for providing these through out the season....I am so happy to have found Crystal this year, and think that she is just what we need...hope they will let her be Crystal!!!! Anyone who has missed her original stuff is sure missing a rare gem!!!!
bubbeth2 1 year ago
Thanks for upload!!! Greetings from Poland.
Canonx100 1 year ago
Thank you so much Kara for sharing! My god, is this an amazing clip!!!
MamaSox wins the Idols. Period! She's so gorgeous and charming ... i hope she comes to germany, anytime!!
ABundy09 1 year ago
Thanks Kara!
reddog6992 1 year ago
ps Kara or anyone else who knows tha answer.... despite all my internet research is there a way to download her originals >>>???
reddog6992 1 year ago
@reddog6992 yes have patients,and buy them off itunes.2 more weeks to go
zynjan 1 year ago
@reddog6992
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Personally, I plan to be a "good fan" and BUY everything of Crystals that comes out...hope you do too. But for now I think you should be able to find her on I-tunes...maybe check for links @ the left column of fansofcrystalbowersox-dot-com??
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Or...click onto MY channel here and play my "Crystal" playlist. It is put together really nicely if I do say so myself ;-)
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Equally as good, and too bad she is no longer with us, is my Eva Cassidy playlist...
axisroto 1 year ago
Kara... This is awesome thanks for keeping all the Mamasox fans informed asap!!! I appreciate you... But may I ask...? Are you a good friend or just another dedicated local fan???
She will win AI......I have been listening to all her originals and they are amazing!!!
# 1 Florida fan!!!!
reddog6992 1 year ago
@reddog6992 Big fan since day 1. I knew she was going to take it all back during hollywood week.
Kara899 1 year ago
thanks for upload!!!!
Greetings from Germany
Gummibaerchen1979 1 year ago
@Gummibaerchen1979
Apropos germany, sei gegrüsst @Gummibaerchen1979, schön noch einen Fan aus der Heimat hier anzutreffen. Du hast einen klasse Channel, musste ich gleich mal subben. :-)
ABundy09 1 year ago