Paul Leary: podcast appearances and interviews

Paul Leary Walthall, born on May 7, 1957, is an American musician and record producer based in Austin, Texas. He is best known as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist for the rock band Butthole Surfers. Leary has also produced a number of songs and albums for various artists, including U2, Sublime, Meat Puppets, Daniel Johnston, The Reverend Horton Heat, Pepper, Maggie Walters, Bad Livers, Slightly Stoopid, and The Refreshments. Notably, he produced Sublime with Rome's debut album, Yours Truly. In addition to his production work, Leary released a solo album titled The History of Dogs in 1991. He appeared on the song Lounge Fly from Stone Temple Pilots' multi-platinum album Purple in 1994 and provided backing vocals on renditions of his song Pee Pee the Sailor by the Meat Puppets and Bad Livers. Leary contributed to John Paul Jones's 1999 solo album Zooma on one track and formed a band called The Cocky Bitches, formerly known as Carny. In 2014, he contributed three songs to the Melvins' album Hold It In. He released a second solo album, Born Stupid, on February 12, 2021, via Shimmy-Disc. His earlier album The History of Dogs was re-released as The History of Dogs, Revisited, with additional bonus tracks, on June 17, 2022, also through Shimmy-Disc.