# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jon-auer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:54:47.746Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jon-auer"
name: "Jon Auer"
slug: "jon-auer"
description: "Jonathan Paul Auer is an American musician who co-founded the power pop band The Posies, along with Ken Stringfellow. Auer and Stringfellow also participated in the rejuvenated Big Star and in 2003 released Private Sides, a six-song split EP. Auer played guitar on the 2004 William Shatner record Has Been which was produced and arranged by Ben Folds."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jon_Auer_(Jan_2009).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969-09-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.701334666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0NSNUhlGdadoT2Nyav6AMk"
    handle:    "0NSNUhlGdadoT2Nyav6AMk"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.myspace.com/jonauermusic"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/256533"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون أوير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون اوير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "جون اویر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Auer"
    title: "Jon Auer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Auer"
    title: "Jon Auer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Auer"
    title: "Jon Auer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Auer"
    title: "Jon Auer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/12a9677f-d85b-45bd-ac62-a2cd74407b08"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5362105"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump