JON AUER
Jon Auer is your nondescript, semi-depressed blues singer from out of Lush99.5 FM. His unkempt hair and slipshod attire along with his occasionally angry electric guitar instrumental breaks resonating Adam Sandler’s Somebody Kill Me made me initially apprehensive (he does Indie, Folk and Power Pop by the way). But he is approachable and patient and more fatherly than he appears. Growing up with a
musician dad, surrounded by guitars and a home recording studio, Jon made his career of music at 17. It was the period in High School where you “go out and hang out with girlfriends and compose music”, that you can incorporate “the emotional turmoil, pain and things that hurt you”. “The blues have people talk about horrible things, but they share it and it goes away,” says the married father of two with a reassuring smile. As the founder and songwriter of The Posies at a tender age of 17, he was quite a success at single-handedly producing a first record. Later, The Posies worked with label DGC/Geffen in the 80’s, then reproducing 3 more records, where one song was covered by Ringo Starr. The Posies still exist and are touring. Jon is looking to directing or soundtrack recording someday; I would hire him if I were making films. His songs resemble acoustic covers of what could be rock pieces if you add the drums. Quiet and strangled, he exudes the persona of a toned-down Elton John, but the music is so soothing it makes for a good lullaby.
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ONLINE: Facebook.com/jonauer
Myspace.com/jonauermusic
WHAT TO DOWNLOAD: Tuesday, Misfit Kid
