Paul Leary Walthall (born May 7, 1957), professionally known as Paul Leary, is an American musician from Austin, TX, 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, the Meat Puppets, Daniel Johnston, The Reverend Horton Heat, Pepper, Maggie Walters, Bad Livers, Slightly Stoopid and The Refreshments.
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".
One of his current musical projects is playing in a band named Carny whose cd is nearing completion as of April 2010. No release date is set. The band is currently a studio project and has not played any live shows.
He can frequently be found on the Butthole Surfers' message board at http://www.buttholesurfers.
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