Jon "Bowzer" Bauman of Sha Na Na on Fraudulent Musical Acts
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On April 17, 2007, Jon "Bowzer" Bauman of Sha Na Na spoke before the Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media in support of Assemblymember Anthony Portantino's Assembly Bill 702, the Truth in Music Act. The bill would protect the public from falsely advertised performance groups by mandating that a musical or performance group contain at least one member of the original recording group, or hold a trademark from the original act, in order to publicly perform using the original group's name.
Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
Author: AssemblyAccess
Length: 06:09
Rating: 4.70
Views: 27412
Tags: anthony assembly bauman bowzer california coasters drifters jon music na performance platters portantino sha trademark
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StoogeWatcher (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Either way, every fan of real music should be in support of this law.
darbykat (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
"How many version of groups calling themselves the Platters and Drifters do you think there are?"Same with the Shangri-Las. They try to pass themselves off as Mary Weiss!!!
jason75 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
YIP YIP BOOM BOOM GET A JOB!!!! lol thats funny
StoogeWatcher (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Might be a little tougher to find a true version of the Drifters, because Bill Pinkney is gone. The only true version now belongs to Charlie Thomas.
diamonddust22 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
shut up lisa you ignorant cunt
StoogeWatcher (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Bowzer's critics are morons. It is one thing to cover other performers' acts. It's another to do it while passing yourself off as a member of that group. How many version of groups calling themselves the Platters and Drifters do you think there are?
gdanko619 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Bowzer's the man!
eemmeennddeell (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
You don't get it. He was talking about groups that advertise themselves as being the original group without even having a single member of that original group. Sha Na Na was a nostalgia group that advertised themselves as such and never pretended to be anything else. There have always been plenty of groups like that around.
timin770 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Met him when I worked in a hotel bar across the street from the arena he played in ('78-'79 ?, can't remember). He came in after the show but, alas, we were closing. We brought him in, locked the doors and 2-3 of us had beers with Bowser until about 2AM. Nice guy..
lisatopp (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
That show hacked a lot of old 50's early 60's groups. This guy is two faced and made a nice coin and to be "bold" in front of "important" people? = Douchebag |