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 ====== Boaz ======
+Rock/New Wave\\
+Yorba Linda, California, USA
 |**Band:**|Boaz|
 |**Years Active:**|1978-1979|
-|**Members:**|Chris Wimber|
+|**Members:**|Chris Wimber, Danny Pavlis, Ray Hersom, [[Ric Alba]]|
-|**Associated Acts:**|[[JC Rose|J.C. Rose]], [[The Lifesavors]], [[Undercover]]|
+|**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:
-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|J.C. 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.
+>"“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 ==
+==== Known Members ====
   * Chris Wimber
+  * Danny Pavlis
+  * Ray Hersom
+  * Ross Mann - vocals
+  * [[Ric Alba]] - keyboards
-== Recordings ==
+==== Recordings ====
 Unknown