Austin Musician Jon Pettis Passes Away in Early Morning House Fi...

Courtesy Austinist  Fri, 10/09/2009 - 4:20pm

An errant malfunctioning power strip sparked a massive blaze this morning in the East Austin home of local band Bankrupt and the Borrowers .

Founding member Jon Pettis died in the fire.

In an interview with Austinist earlier this year, it was revealed that Pettis, who went by the moniker "Baggage," was born in Texas and raised in France for the first nine years of his life.

His family later moved to Colorado, California, and...


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