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From Uncut's "An Audience With Bill Callahan" (January 2020 issue):

Peter Jesperson: I was the manager and co-producer of The Replacements. Back in the '80s, you published a fanzine about the band called Willpower and I arranged for you to meet them at a show in the Washington DC area in 1983. Just wondering if you had any thoughts about how Paul Westerberg's songwriting influenced your own music?

Bill Callahan: I mean, definitely Paul Westerberg was one of the first people who got me thinking about songwriting and music creation as something more cerebral than just a reaction. And also he had a lot of different types of songs: silly songs and funny songs and sad songs. What do I remember about meeting them? They were drunk! But Paul was super sweet to me - we sat at the bar and he tried to get to know me. I was super-duper shy at the time and wasn't very good at meeting anybody, but I think he tried his best. It was exciting for me.

According to Wikipedia, Bill was born in 1966, so he was 16-17 at the time. Wow.

Bill Callahan, 2015-05-29. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia. RESEED BY REQUEST