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.
In 1971, Bell asked singer Alex Chilton to join him, Hummel, and Stephens in a group which was eventually named Big Star.
On the Radio City album, he wrote "Way Out West" and co-wrote "Life Is White", "What's Going Ahn", "Back of a Car", and "Daisy Glaze".
He returned to school and earned an associate degree in mechanical engineering technology from State Technical Institute at Memphis in 1978.
Hummel also declined to take part, although in March 2010, he played at a special performance at SXSW in honor of Alex Chilton, who had died suddenly just three days prior.