Paul Leary (born May 7, 1957) is an American musician from Austin, Texas, best known as the guitarist for American rock band Butthole Surfers. He is also the producer of a number of songs and albums by other bands, including U2, Sublime, Meat Puppets, Daniel Johnston, Reverend Horton Heat, Pepper, Maggie Walters, Bad Livers, Slightly Stoopid, Refreshments, Tumbledryer Babies, and Sludge Buzzard. Leary produced Sublime with Rome's debut album, Yours Truly.
In 1991, he released a solo album entitled The History of Dogs. In 1994, Leary appeared on the song "Lounge Fly" from the multi-platinum album Purple by Stone Temple Pilots. He also performed backing vocals on the Meat Puppets and Bad Livers respective renditions of his song "Pee Pee the Sailor".
Leary appeared on the 1999 John Paul Jones (ex-Led Zeppelin) solo album Zooma and the accompanying tour.
He formed a new band called Carny and in 2014 contributed three songs to the Melvins album Hold It In.
Links To Peel
Peel played some of Paul Leary's solo project, due to him being in the Butthole Surfers, which he was a fan of between the 80's and early 90's.
Shows Played
Paul Leary - Dalhart Down the Road
- 1991
- 16 March 1991 / Best Of Peel Vol 23: 'Indians Storm The Government (LP-The History Of Dogs)' (Rough Trade)
- 17 March 1991 / Best Of Peel Vol 25: Dalheart Down the Road (album - The History Of Dogs) Rough Trade
- 23 March 1991 / Mainly Peel March 1991: Apollo One (album - The History Of Dogs) Rough Trade
- 30 March 1991: Indians Storm The Government (album - The History Of Dogs) Rough Trade
- 06 April 1991 (BFBS) (Peel 180 (BFBS)): 'Dalhart Down The Road (LP-The History Of Dogs)' (Rough Trade)
- (JP: 'You'd be being a fool to yourselves to ignore this one, I think.')
- 14 April 1991: Dalheart Down The Road (album - The History Of Dogs) Rough Trade
- 18 April 1991 (Radio Mafia): Dalheart Down The Road (CD - The History Of Dogs) Rough Trade
- 1992
- 02 February 1992 / Best Of Peel Vol 43: 'Fillipé Mepelpeepe (Compilation CD-Guitarrorists)' (No. 6)
