====== Boaz ======

Rock/New Wave\\
Yorba Linda, California, USA

|**Band:**|Boaz|
|**Years Active:**|1978-1979|
|**Members:**|Chris Wimber, Danny Pavlis, Ray Hersom, [[Ric Alba]]|
|**Associated Acts:**|[[JC Rose]], [[The Lifesavors]], [[Undercover]]|

Boaz is an early Christian alternative band that probably, along with the band [[JC Rose|J.C. Rose]], started around 1978.  Boaz and [[JC Rose]] both had line-ups that were changing and intermixing.  Members of [[The Lifesavors]] and [[Undercover]] came from both of these bands at one point.

Boaz was described by John J. Thompson as “edgier than Larry Norman and Love Song.” Chris Wimber was in Boaz before forming [[The Lifesavors]]. By 1979, Boaz was Chris Wimber, Danny Pavlis, Ray Hersom, and [[Ric Alba]] (among a few others). [[JC Rose]] was also noted as having a demo tape, but it is unknown if Boaz ever recorded. 

Jim Nicolson, [[Ojo|Joe Taylor]], Danny Pavlis (drums), and [[Ric Alba]] (bass) started [[Undercover]]. [[Undercover]] started rehearsing in a greenhouse owned by Danny’s parents. Chris Wimber and Ray Hersom formed [[The Lifesavors]].

[[Ric Alba]] had this to say about the two bands:

>"“I played keys in [[Boaz]] starting in 1978. I met them when my drummer-since-childhood Frank Pipitone auditioned and joined J.C. Rose. Frank and I had 'got saved' at a hippie bible study group at the home of Ross Mann, and we had a hippy folk trio with Ross that broke up when Frank joined J.C. Rose. [[Ojo]] had a friend, Chris Wimber, with a band that needed a singer and keyboard player, so Ross and I joined up and there was [[Boaz]].
>
>"Chris’ dad being John Wimber, we found ourselves opening for Lonnie Frisbee a number of times. Then we got some local notoriety for going, (gasp) “New Wave” when I wrote the song, “Francine” in 1979. This was the only [[Boaz]] song to outlive the big switcheroo of personnel when J.C. Rose and [[Boaz]] became [[Undercover]] and [[The Lifesavors]].
>
>"I had secretly idolized Taylor and Nicholson for their prog-rock abilities, as I was becoming a huge fan of Yes and Chris Squire at the time. I would have muscled my way into a band with them sooner but J.C. Rose’s bassist, Jerry Davis, had become a good friend of mine and I respected that. Jerry became John’s bassist for the Vineyard worship team, which lasted many years after that.”

==== Known Members ====

  * Chris Wimber
  * Danny Pavlis
  * Ray Hersom
  * Ross Mann - vocals
  * [[Ric Alba]] - keyboards

==== Recordings ====

Unknown