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John Andrew Hummel (January 26, 1951 – July 19, 2010) was an American bassist and singer-songwriter best known as the bass player of Big Star. [ 1 ] Background and career
Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1971 by Alex Chilton (vocals, guitar), Chris Bell (vocals, guitar), Jody Stephens (drums), and Andy Hummel (bass). They have been described as the "quintessential American power pop band", and "one of the most mythic and influential cult acts in all of rock & roll". [ 1 ]
After the deaths of Chris Bell in 1978, and Alex Chilton and Andy Hummel, both in 2010, Stephens is the last surviving original member of Big Star. Stephens also performs and records with Luther Russell as Those Pretty Wrongs. [3] Their debut 7" was released in 2015 on Burger Records and their debut LP came out in 2016 on the Ardent Music label.
"Back of a Car" was one of the earliest songs written for Radio City.It was a song that Chilton, Hummel and Bell worked on before Bell left the band. At the time, Chilton and Bell split up the songs that they had worked on together, and "Back of a Car" was one of the songs that was assigned to Chilton.
[1] [2] Big Star bassist Andy Hummel recalled that his bass parts were overdubbed. [1] Hummel also recalled that Jody Stephens was trying to get an unusual drum sound, saying "Jody's playing lots of sort of broken rolls and stuff, almost like an eclectic drum solo throughout the song or something." [1]
The India Song" was written and composed by Andy Hummel. [13] #1 Record is the only Big Star album on which group founder Chris Bell is officially credited as a member. Bell had a major hand in the record through songwriting, vocals, guitar work, and the album's production.
According to Big Star bassist Andy Hummel, Chilton "was going through a lot of different girls that he was having relationships with, kind of simultaneously, and a lot of what's in those songs [including "September Gurls"] is him really just telling of his experiences with them and how he felt about them." [6]
Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1971 by Alex Chilton (vocals, guitar), Chris Bell (vocals, guitar), Jody Stephens (drums), and Andy Hummel (bass). They have been described as the "quintessential American power pop band", and "one of the most mythic and influential cult acts in all of rock & roll".