Biography
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Born
29 September 1969 (age 55)
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Born In
Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington, United States
Jon Auer (born 29 September 1969 in Bellingham, WA, United States) is an American guitarist, songwriter and singer, most widely known for being one half of the creative core of The Posies (1986-2021), along with Ken Stringfellow. Auer and Stringfellow were also part of the rejuvenated Big Star for some 17 years.
As a solo artist, Auer's credentials include the EPs The Perfect Size (2000) and 6 1/2 (2001). They were followed by a full-length album: Songs from the Year of Our Demise (2006).
Auer abruptly left The Posies (effectively breaking up the band) in the fall of 2021. On 25 October 2021 Seattle's NPR affiliate, KUOW, published a series of allegations of sexual misconduct by Stringfellow. Auer had heard in August that his friend Kristine Chambers was among the women about to go public with an accusation. He called her right away. They spent nine hours talking over several days.
"I left The Posies very quickly after hearing from Kristine about what happened to her," Auer wrote by email. "What she described to me was super disturbing, and it made my position immediately clear. I confronted Ken about it on a phone call on 4 August 2021, cancelled our upcoming shows and flat-out told him that I wouldn't be working with him anymore."
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