"rs="+r+"&l="+escape(d.referrer)+"\" height=1 ", Put on your yarmulke Jon "Bowzer" Bauman (born September 14, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician, best known as a member of the band Sha Na Na, and game show host. In the summer of 1969, Jimi Hendrix saw Sha Na Na perform at Steve Pauls The Scene Club, and recommended them to the Woodstock producers. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. Bauman's popular Sha Na Na character, "Bowzer" (sometimes called "Bowzer J. Bowzer" and sometimes "Choo Wate"), was a gangly, slender-armed greaser in a muscle shirt. And so did Sha Na Na.