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By Nicolette Helling & photojournalist John Thain, FOX 21 News

DULUTH - Nearly two years ago, David Cook auditioned for American Idol's seventh season.

In the end, it was David Cook versus David Archuleta and Cook came out on top. I kinda got talked into it last second while we were standing in line. So I was like... Okay, here we go!" said Cook. 26 year-old David Cook is a man of humble beginnings.

Before American Idol, he worked as a bartender in Kansas City, Missouri."Didn't make a while lot of money, which apparently means I wasn't a good bartender. So it's a good thing this worked out." said Cook.That it "worked out" could be an understatement.

Cook's album has been selling well, over a million copies in fact, something the singer calls a miracle, considering the economic times.

But, he says, the zero to sixty ride to fortune and fame isn't going to his head."It's the interesting thing about being a musician, to get to this point... there's probably a million people that are way better than I am, they just never really get the chance," said Cook.

Cook says, before Idol, he used to perform about six times a month and never expected his music would reach this point.

But, he says he always had confidence that, given the chance, he could make it to the big time.

Ever since winning American Idol, David says he's been able to spend more time doing the two things he loves most, making music and traveling."To me there's just something inherently nostalgic about waking up everyday in a different city and having completely new stimuli around you," said Cook.Wednesday morning, that city was Duluth.Cook had lunch at Grandma's Sports Garden in Canal Park, and went for a ride on his vintage bicycle.He says he didn't see any of the ships the Twin Ports are famous for, but he did witness another staple of Duluth's character.

"But I did see the... the walkway, the bridge come up. That was, that was cool," said Cook. Proud of all of the songs on his album, Cook says he just loves to perform and has an easy way of determining whether he's doing a good job."What I love about this is, like, you get that immediate reaction, crowds either gonna cheer ya or boo ya and hopefully you do well, enough to where they cheer. Hopefully," said Cook.

At the end of the day, David Cook is a down to earth person, who is thankful for his time to shine."To invest yourself in something creative and have people recognize you for it. I can't really think of anything cooler than that," said Cook. Cook mentioned he would be checking out Hell's Kitchen restaurant in Canal Park later. He said, he thought it looked interesting.

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