"I liked her a lot," Hummel said. "She was excited, enthusiastic, quirky and fun to work with. But in seeing her in interviews, she's not the same person. She's darker. It could be her persona to seem more mysterious."
Lady Gaga has numerous connections to Morris County. Her grandfather, Joseph Germanotta, who died in September, lived in Montville. And she recorded music at the Parsippany studio of Rob Fusari.
Hummel, who belongs to several bands and does session work, recorded at least eight songs alongside Lady Gaga in the Parsippany studio that also housed a romance between Fusari and Gaga and resulted in the 2008 release of the Grammy-winning album "The Fame."
Hummel, who plays on some of Lady Gaga's songs, said he had no idea about the romantic relationship between Fusari and Gaga.
"I'd show up to the house and she'd (Lady Gaga) be in her pajamas but I figured she had a long commute from New York so it'd make sense that she'd stay over," he said. "But that was probably the first indicator. Then Rob mentioned going to her parents' place for Christmas Eve and I didn't think anything of it. When the lawsuit came out, I didn't really know they had dated."
Fusari had sued Lady Gaga in March for more than $30 million, claiming he was owed cash and credits for helping her launch her career.
Lady Gaga countersued, claiming the contract between her and Fusari was invalid because he was not a licensed agent and had no right to her finances. The two dropped their respective lawsuits in September.
Hummel has kept in sporadic contact with Fusari, typically by e-mail.
For his work, Hummel earned a drumming credit on the version of "The Fame," released in the United Kingdom, a merit he found online and confirmed recently after receiving the album which he obtained via eBay from a musician in Ireland.
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