Tom Tetzlaff - Keyboards & backing vocals, Mike Yeamans - Lead guitar & backing vocals, Clay Waegerle - Lead vocals congas bongos & harmonica, Don Shelton - Drums , Corky Colbert - Bass guitar
Influences
Rock bands of the 70's & 80's
Sounds Like
ABOFA only sounds like ABOFA. your gonna have to come find out
Record Label
Fresh Air
Type of Label
Indie
Albums
Everybody's Talking
COMING SOON!!
Fallen Man
Fallen Man, has personal testimony, gives you an inside look at what a conversation between the devil and a guy who goes to hell would be like. Also, well, you gotta come find out
Misty Horizons
Misty Horizons, asks the question, "Do you know where you'll go when you die.
Tour Dates/Shows
Sat Sep 23 12:33:30 2006 - Car show for the SON {free}
Chaffey high school, Ontario
California, United States Annual car show. 100's of old cars and trucks and ? come have some fun with the SON
Sun Aug 27 8:30:00 2006 - New life chapel {free}
10184 Seventh Ave, Hesperia
California, United States Sunday morning worsip services @ 8:30 & 10:30am
Sat Aug 12 12:30:38 2006 - private party
Any
Sat Jul 22 12:29:13 2006 - Private wedding
Any
Sat Jul 8 12:26:56 2006 - Coffee Klatch {free}
8916 Foothill Blvd, Rancho Cucamonga
California, United States - 91737 Evening under the stars with ffamily friends and fans. This once a year get together for all of us to relax and have fun
Tue Jul 4 8:00:00 2006 - 4th Celebration {free}
La Sierra 1st Baptist,10815 Gramercy Pl, riverside
California, United States 4th of July fireworks celebration
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ABOFA - finally the answer to all your musical needs
Misty Horizons
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Hi, my name is clay; I am the lead singer for the music ministry "ABOFA (A breath of fresh air).
My testimony about becoming a Christian is a typical experience, you know the story, boy goes to church, boy sees beautiful girl, and boy keeps going to church and every other church function in hopes of what he's not sure.
MY REAL TESTIMONY begins in Feb 1997 after becoming a Christian and marrying the before mentioned girl.
While at work I feel this pain in my legs and I report it to management. They in turn send me to the company doctor. After many tests I hear the dreaded words "you need back surgery", (lower back). A "simple" procedure I am assured.
I wake up from surgery to a full hard cast from neck to hips. What the? I ask "calmly". They tell me, blah, blah, blah. At least that’s what I hear after the word "oops". (That’s the way I remember it anyway).
So after 6 months of rehab trying to learn to walk again I find my own doctor who does many more and might I add painful tests, (lots of needles & poking). I hear "failed back surgery, you need another to fix it".
When they woke me up they tell me that the doctor was "stone cold drunk" while operating. Huh? (This all came out during depositions and was indeed true).
Basically, I was cut almost in half, cutting through some pretty important nerves and things. The doctor tried to then fuse my spine by removing the discs and alot of "unnecessary" bone.
But the fusion did not take and now I am informed that I have a "floating" spine, again I say "huh"?
Then my new doctor adds, by the way "we don't know why you are able to even walk" wit the amount of damage and all the scarring wrapping around spinal nerves. (Things go black; I smell "smelling salts" which by the way smells nothing like salt.
Workers comp retrains me ironically in the medical field as an X-ray technician and medical assistant.
Ten years and tons of pain killers later (400mg’s of pure morphine daily) its now 1997, February if you can believe that, 10 years to the month. My right leg goes out and done I fall. Three days later, yep, I'm being cut on again, but don't worry this time he’s a "specialist". HA! 6 weeks after that surgery I can't walk without help.
I see another doctor, world famous this time and after many more tests, the doctor tells me and I will never forget those words, "even if you were my own mother I would not touch your back".
This surgeon is flown all around the world to fix backs and he won't touch me. Strangely enough I hear those haunting words again "I don't know how your even able to walk" &” I better not even bend over to tie my own shoes or I could be paralyzed. Huh?
Ok, Lord, now what. To this day I have not worked since Feb 1997. (Pray for my wife), God spoke to me when I was 16 years old, 27 years ago, and said, "Clay, you will be in a music ministry, singing and playing for me". Yeah right, I thought, I can't carry a tune in a brown paper bag. So like a strong willed man I ignored him finished high school, got a job and never gave it another thought.
Fast forward, God gets His way, even if like Moses, you have to travel around in circles 40 years.
The group "ABOFA" (A breath of fresh air) is now in unfamiliar waters, with our fan base growing and reaching the world, 150 countries now playing our music on radio. Winning awards like, best new band, best band of the year, and get this best vocalist of the year, (Huh? I can't even sing). Well God either touched my voice or he's touching everyone else's ear's because its happening just like he said it would.
Now I now why God doesn't give you all the info right away cause there's now way I could have handled it let alone believed it
My home is so small I have to go outside to change my mind
I got married so when the rice was thrown I'd have something to eat.
lol, I'm just kidding..I'm not that well off. hehe
Man where to start? >>
God called me into music at age 16 while I was at a summer camp through church. I took a walk in the woods and while praying I heard this little voice inside saying I would be involved in music. Yep, that’s it, no thunder or trumpets, just a little voice or thought not sure, but I decided to act on the faith God gives each one of us and well about 20 years later here I am. Working on 3rd CD while the other two "Fallen man" & "Misty horizons" CD's are being played all over the world. At this writing the two CD's are being played in over 150 countries on over 130 am and fm radio stations not counting XM & internet sites. We have won many awards and have played many "strange" places.>>
I say strange because you wouldn't think a Christian band would be invited to play for NASCAR in Fontana, or NASCAR Las Vegas, or in a sports bar where you would expect to catch a beat down for your beliefs but Praise God, they loved us. Only our Lord could do something like that. The list goes on and on for atypical events we have played. Heck just once I would really like to play at a church, lol. But then again like Jesus said when confronted about eating with sinners, "the unsick people don't need a doctor” Jesus came for the hurt, sick and those that wanted to know him. So what better place for a ministry than a bar.>>
Take five slightly overweight, over 40, over zealous, seasoned musicians, combine with unique music and lyrics based on life stories, resulting in a musical experience that is “A Breath of Fresh Air”. Hard driving songs featuring: multiple keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, inspired bass lines, live acoustic hard-hitting drums for depth, and one throaty, gravel voiced singer. During the past seven years “A Breath of Fresh Air” has ministered and entertained coffee house to stadium, nightclubs to concerts in the park, church worship service to NASCAR – sowing the seed of salvation to audiences young and old. “A Breath of Fresh Air” takes their original “Classic Rock” sound and brings timeless worship to a whole new level
