![]() ![]() "For the people who made this music to be suffering this indignity at this point in their life when they should be recognized as pioneers is just heartbreaking," said Bauman, chairman of the hall's Truth in Music Committee. Nine other states have already enacted the law two more are also waiting for the governors' signatures.īauman says dozens of acts with no connection to the authentic groups perform under their name, misleading fans and stealing the income and glory due surviving members. Tennessee's legislature passed Bauman's "Truth in Music" bill Thursday, and it now goes to the governor. He's been lobbying states on behalf of the Vocal Group Hall of Fame for laws to prevent phonies and fakers from passing themselves off as authentic members of groups like the Platters, the Coasters and the Drifters. Now, nearly 60 years old, Bauman is still championing the golden age of rock-n-roll, this time as point man for a push to keep impostors from ripping off his musical heroes. During the days of disco, he took his '50s schtick to TV. As the rubber-faced frontman for Sha Na Na, Jon "Bowzer" Bauman brought doo-wop to the hippies at Woodstock.
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