Flowers Studio

Many notable musicians have recorded at the studio, including the Jayhawks, The Replacements, Motion City Soundtrack, Brian Setzer, Golden Smog, Mark Mallman, Soul Asylum, the Old 97's Rhett Miller, Clay Aiken, the Wallflowers, Pete Yorn, Juliana Hatfield, Free Energy, Lizzo, Jeremy Messersmith, and Joseph Arthur.

[1] A self-described "gear freak,"[5] Ackerson had been a sound engineer at legendary Twin Cities club First Avenue[1] and had already collected a wide variety of recording equipment on his own before deciding to start his own studio.

[6] Ackerson founded Flowers largely through money earned from his band Polara's contract with major label Interscope Records in the 1990s as well as an otherwise unsuccessful deal with Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures.

Ackerson got advice on constructing Flowers from veteran recording engineers including Glyn Johns and Fort Apache producer Paul Kolderie, and worked with acoustic designer Dave Ahl, who was the drummer for seminal punk band Suicide Commandos.

[8] In March 2023, the studio hosted a recording session with Alex Etheridge, a 13-year-old Phoenix musician suffering from bone cancer, and Soul Asylum singer Dave Pirner and bassist Jeremy Tappero.