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Nick Simonite
FOR AMERICAN-STATESMANÂ
TEN OF JOHN KUNZ’S FAVORITE IN-STORES
1. True Believers record release in-store
2. Joe Ely Live From Guene Hall VHS release, 1986
3. A pre-Austin Shawn Colvin, 1989
4. Willie Nelson, which went from a 25-minute in-store to a
   full set and signing autographs until fans left, 2000
5. The 20-25 member Bulgarian Women’s Choir, 1994
6. Polyphonic Spree during SXSW
7. Sonic Youth, 2002 (‘throwing Moon Pies into the audience,
   bouncing tennis balls off the back wall’)
8. Norah Jones, 2002 (‘The largest audience she’d ever
   played to in her life at the time? Her mom and piano
   teacher.’)
9. Maura O’Connell, 1991 (‘We didn’t have a PA at the time,
   so she just cut loose. Just amazing.’)
10. ‘The folks that graced our stage but don’t grace theÂ
     earth any longer,’ such as Townes Van Zandt, ElliottÂ
     Smith and the original lineup of the Texas TornadoesÂ
     and Nirvana
FIVE MUSICIANS WHO’VE WORKED AT WATERLOO
•Benjamin Hotchkiss: the Real Heroes and the KTEL Hit
  Machine
•Alejandro Escovedo
•Damon Bramblett
•Munaf Rayani: Explosions in the Sky
•Don Lamb: Doctor’s Mob (still employed at Waterloo)
(Billy Joe Shaver, John Kunz, Willie Doll and Me, at Waterloo 2004)