Bio: The son of an Alabama couple who named him after a TV character, Nakia Daniel Reynoso has held more jobs in

his 31 years than most of us will in our lifetimes.

Nakia, as he prefers to be known, has worked in sock factories, fast-food joints and nearly every retail store in

Anymall, USA. He’s been a tavern bouncer, a cavern guide, a show rider and a missionary in Africa. He’s also

sold Apple computers to Willie Nelson, promoted John Mayer albums for Aware Records, studied singing and

theater in college, modeled, acted and helped budding songwriters on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.

Along the way, Nakia managed to survive being rear-ended by an 18-wheeler, a drinking and drug habit, a suicide

attempt and other hardships before finding sobriety and his path to happiness: a full-time career as a singer, song-

writer and entertainer.

Nakia (pronounced nuh-kee-ah) had already built a presence on the Austin music scene as Vic Odin, sleazy man-

ager to the Small Stars,