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WAVES COMED Y CORNER



































                                                                                        WAVES MAGAZINE is
                                INTRODUCING                                            honored to have Mr. Rohan

                                                                                        join our Comedy Corner
                 BUFFALO GALS                                                         Section. Each month, we will

                                                                                       feature “Buffalo Gals” here
                                                        By: Bob Rohan                          as well as on

               Meet The Author                has been played a great deal in the United   www.wavesgalveston.com.
                                              States and Europe and his traditional
                                 ob Rohan,    swing style has been popular in Holland,
                                 or as he is   Australia, England, Belgium, Germany     You can find Mr. Rohan
                           Bknown in          and recently Spain!                                online at :
                           Texas “Bad Bob”,                                             www.badbobrohan.com
                           has been playing                Along with songwriting,
                           the fiddle and                   Bob is an also a talent-   to read more and collect his
                           singing in various               ed cartoonist has a self          orginal works!
                           groups for over 30               syndicated comic strip
        years in Texas, and has opened for Merle            titled “Buffalo Gals”.
        Haggard, Willie Nelson, Charlie Daniels,            The comic feature is
        Carlene Carter and John Conley to name              about two cowgirls “Bess
        a few. Bob has played in bands that have           Winchester” and “Connie
        backed up country legends like Hank   Cheyenne”. The comic strip was inspired
        Thompson, Ray Price, Jack Greene, Pam   after playing with “The Hays County
        Tillis, and Dale Watson.              Gals and Pals” a cowgirl western group
                                              that toured through Texas, Oklahoma
        His first album “Bad Bob” recorded in   and as far west as Elko, Nevada.
        1983 was well-received in Texas and his
        version of “Orange Blossom Special”   Bob has won The Wisconsin State Fiddle
        was a favorite at country nightclubs and   Championship and has been nominated
        discos in the Houston area. Bob’s new   several times from The Academy of
        CD “Bad Bob and his Good Friends”     Western Artists for Best Cowboy Car-
                                              toonist.

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