Subdeacon Joe Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 "Bowzer," aka John Bauman. I saw those fellas twice in the early 70's at Winterland ~ two of the funnest concerts ever. The second time they were actually kinda showed up by a lead-in group no one had heard of... some young upstarts who called themselves the Electric Light Orchestra. By the way - Bowzer is a very, very hard-left leaning sort. Died-in-the-wool supporter of Hillary and her gang. His nephew was a former chairman of the California Democratic Party. But in his day he was one hell of a showman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 I saw him a few years ago. He was hosting an all oldies review that had all original members of the various bands. Got to see a lot of groups I didn’t even know were still around. Bowser was funny and entertaining as he was on sha-na-na. Then he sat down at a piano and started playing classical music, very elegantly. All this with his hair greased back and his black tshirt with a pack of cigarettes rolled up in the sleeve. Come to find out his musical background was as a classical pianist. Who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Buckshot Bob Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Wasn't he famous for being able to stick his entire fist in his mouth? Or am I think of someone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Another tiny li'l sample.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 15 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: By the way - Bowzer is a very, very hard-left leaning sort. Died-in-the-wool supporter of Hillary and her gang. His nephew was a former chairman of the California Democratic Party. I went to high school with Donny and keep very loosely in touch over the years. He is very conservative in all aspects, and an upstanding man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Great group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 8 hours ago, bgavin said: I went to high school with Donny and keep very loosely in touch over the years. He is very conservative in all aspects, and an upstanding man. He better jump all over Wikipedia then because they say he’s anything but a conservative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Bauman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Interesting guy. I saw him on some game show once, pretty intelligent guy in disguise. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 29 minutes ago, Buckshot Bob said: He better jump all over Wikipedia then because they say he’s anything but a conservative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Bauman That's Bowzer. Donald "Donny" York is a different member of the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: That's Bowzer. Donald "Donny" York is a different member of the band. Just thought Donny was his real name, sorry assumed we’re talking about Bowzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Remember "Denny?" Dennis Greene... singer and one of the three dancers. Graduated from Columbia, Masters from Harvard, and then off to Yale for law school... variety of jobs after, including law professor. Sadly, he passed in 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 On 9/17/2022 at 8:01 PM, Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 said: I saw him a few years ago. He was hosting an all oldies review that had all original members of the various bands. Got to see a lot of groups I didn’t even know were still around. Bowser was funny and entertaining as he was on sha-na-na. Then he sat down at a piano and started playing classical music, very elegantly. All this with his hair greased back and his black tshirt with a pack of cigarettes rolled up in the sleeve. Come to find out his musical background was as a classical pianist. Who knew? Here's another "who'd have thunk it" Charo playing Malaguena on guiter. JHC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmNPXqG6ovg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 12 hours ago, Capt. James H. Callahan said: Here's another "who'd have thunk it" Charo playing Malaguena on guiter. JHC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmNPXqG6ovg She was a very talented musician Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 17 hours ago, Capt. James H. Callahan said: Here's another "who'd have thunk it" Charo playing Malaguena on guiter. JHC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmNPXqG6ovg She studied guitar under Segovia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punxsutawneypete Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 I got to see Sha Na Na in Harrisburg back in the mid-1970s. I was a former oldies disk jockey and total rock and roller. They put on a fabulous show and I think I watched every episode of their TV show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punxsutawneypete Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Can you imagine how much fun it would have been to be a member of Sha Na Na or a Blue Brother for a while? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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