Lou Dog behind the board at Pedernales Studios in 1996 (photo courtesy of Michael Miguel Happoldt)
In this week’s
Austin Chronicle cover story, in which six individuals involved in the creation of the landmark 1996 album share stories and reflections, producer Paul Leary recounts Sublime’s “long, dilapidated” RV getting stuck up the hill upon entry to Willie Nelson’s Pedernales Studio in Spicewood, where the foundation of the album was tracked, before overdubs and mixing took place at Arlyn Studios.
“I went out to meet them and they had all their dogs with them, even though I told them not to bring them,” Leary recalls. “They weren’t going to go anywhere without their dogs.”