Ken Coomer was the last drummer for the band Uncle Tupelo

Uncle Tupelo

Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend college. The trio recorded three albums for Rockville...

 as well as the drummer for Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 based-band Wilco

Wilco

Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...

 until Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is the fourth album by Chicago-based rock band Wilco. The album was completed in 2001, but Reprise Records, a Warner Music Group label, refused to release it. Wilco acquired the rights to the album when they left the label. In September 2001, Wilco streamed the entire album...

. He was the drummer and co-founder of the Nashville-based band, Clockhammer

Clockhammer

Clockhammer was an alternative metal group from Nashville, TN., once described as "a cross between Frank Sabbath and Black Sinatra." Originally the brain-child of Vanderbilt undergrads, Christian Nagle and Matt Swanson, the 1987 line-up consisted of Byron Bailey , Nagle , Swanson , and Ken Coomer...

, in the late 1980s/early 1990s, as well as Buzzkill, during that same time, and he continues to play on various projects.

As well as performing, Coomer is known as a producer, his most notable work is the debut solo album of Vaquero's

Vaquero (band)

Vaquero is a Mexican Avanzada Regia rock band from Monterrey. It was created by Chetes and Mauricio Terracina, after their previous band Zurdok broke up.-External links:***...

 singer Chetes

Chetes

Luis Gerardo Garza Cisneros , better known as his stage name Chetes, is a Mexican rock musician, well known for being the leader of the influential Avanzada Regia rock bands Zurdok, Vaquero and eventually, his own solo career.-Biography:Chetes grew up in the Bay Area...

, achieving platinum record sales in the Mexican music market. He has also played on produced albums by Steve Earle

Steve Earle

Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play....

, Tim Finn

Tim Finn

Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBE is a New Zealand singer and musician. Finn is most known for his music with New Zealand 1970s and 1980s rock group Split Enz, and later for his solo work, a temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowded House and his joint efforts with Neil Finn as the Finn...

, Will Hoge

Will Hoge

Will Hoge is an American singer, songwriter and musician from Nashville, Tennessee.-Early life:Will Hoge grew up in Franklin, Tennessee, a rural suburb south of Nashville...

, Jars of Clay, Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...

, and Shaver

Shaver

Shaver means a person who shaves, or an object which shaves, a razor.It can also refer to:* a boy, as a slang term for shaveling* Shaver, California, former town in California* Shaver Creek, tributary of the Juniata River in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania...

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He lives in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

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