Sam Coomes
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| Sam Coomes | |
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 Sam Coomes on stage with Quasi at the Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, California, February 27, 2008.
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| Also known as | Blues Globlins |
| Born | 1964 (age 43–44) Sherman, Texas, United States |
| Origin | Portland, Oregon |
| Genre(s) | Inde |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, guitar, violin, banjo, keyboards |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Associated acts | Quasi, The Donner Party, Heatmiser, Pink Mountain, Motorgoat, Elliott Smith |
Sam Coomes is an American musician, and currently half of the Portland-area indie band Quasi, along with drummer and ex-wife Janet Weiss. Coomes was also a member of the mid 1980s folk revival band The Donner Party and replaced Brandt Peterson as the bassist for the 1990s Portland grunge band, Heatmiser.
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[edit] Biography
Coomes was born in Sherman, Texas in 1964 and moved to southern California as a child. He started playing in The Donner Party in San Francisco in 1983 and released two albums with them before they disbanded in 1989. He formed Motorgoat in Portland in 1990 with Janet Weiss (formerly of Sleater-Kinney) and they released two cassettes and one 7" single before disbanding and becoming Quasi in 1993. Coomes released a solo album under the name Blues Goblins in 2003 and sometimes performs under that name. He also performs on keyboards and vocals with the Oakland, California-based band, Pink Mountain.[1]
Coomes currently lives in Portland.
[edit] Session work since inception of Quasi
Coomes has done much recording work with other bands, mostly on keyboards and bass.
- Bugskull
- Built to Spill - Coomes has performed as a guest keyboardist on several tracks. He appears on every Built to Spill album since Perfect From Now On
- The Go-Betweens
- Goldcard
- Heatmiser
- Sleater-Kinney - Coomes played the Mellotron on All Hands on the Bad One on the song "Milkshake 'n' Honey."
- Elliott Smith - Coomes played bass on the 2000 album Figure 8 on the songs "Stupidity Tries," "In the Lost and Found (Honky Bach)," and "Pretty Mary K". He also played bass and sang backup vocals on Elliott Smith's song "Pretty (Ugly Before)" on Smith's posthumous 2004 album From a Basement on the Hill. Quasi also served as Smith's backup band on a couple of tours.
- The Takeovers[2]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official Quasi webpage
- Another Quasi webpage
- Quasi Myspace
- Heatmiser Live Recording - 11/21/1992 - Full concert audio recording, as well as video clip of the song "Dead Air"
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