Any special memories of Soul Asylum's bassist Karl Mueller

[Sean Sullivan]

Hey Butch, my girlfriend's uncle is Dave Pirner and when she was a little kid she spent a lot of time around Soul Asylum, and Karl took extra interest in her. He would go out of his way to play with her so her mom and dad could hang out with everyone in that scene (Jayhawks, Wilco, Honeydogs) and they became close...he even gave her a lot of his record collection! Do you have have any memories of Dave in the studio that I could share with her and the family?

Keep making great music!

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[mobius.media]

To add to that, any special memories of making that album?

I imagine the pressure on the band must have been immense after Runaway Train.

Did you guys know Misery would be the song from that album straight away?

Any guitar/amp/vocal/drum gear stand put in memory?

[ButchVig]

Originally Posted by upinflames

Hey Butch, my girlfriend's uncle is Dave Pirner and when she was a little kid she spent a lot of time around Soul Asylum, and Karl took extra interest in her. He would go out of his way to play with her so her mom and dad could hang out with everyone in that scene (Jayhawks, Wilco, Honeydogs) and they became close...he even gave her a lot of his record collection! Do you have have any memories of Dave in the studio that I could share with her and the family?

Keep making great music!

(feel free to answer this off line Butch via PM)

Karl was one of the sweetest, kindest dudes I ever met. He had a very dry sense of humour, and a super positive vibe!

Let Your Dim Light Shine was an amazing experience...kinda crazy at times, but I loved working with Soul Asylum. I still listen to that album. John Siket engineered (who I also worked with on Sonic Youth and Freedy Johnston) and I think it sounds really good, not dated at all. One of my favorite songs is To My Own Devices...it was Dave's autobiographical theme song!

RIP Karl, you were a good man!