Ray Boltz has grasped a life-changing concept of giving his simple God given gifts back to the Lord, and has literally watched his words and music change thousands of lives. Modern-day classics like "Thank You," "The Altar" and "I Will Praise The Lord" have become part of the very fabric of people's lives and walk with the Lord. Ray's newest release, Allegiance, contains all of the familiar ingredients that have endeared Ray and his music to so many, while taking him into new and exciting terrain.
The title song, "I Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb," is an inspiring anthem, sure to stand next to "Thank You" as a Boltz standard. "Thrown Away" is a touching story song with a profound moral. "I Go To The River" is soulful gospel, while "The Anchor Holds" and "This Is Where I Met Jesus" are two of the most powerful and stirring ballads of Ray's career.
Assembling a group of some of heartland America's finest musicians, Ray went into a studio near his hometown of Muncie, Indiana, last summer and got to work.
"I sat down in the studio with just an acoustic guitar or at the piano, and showed the band each song," Ray explains. "I talked about feelings, and what I wanted to communicate, and then let them go where their own creativity led them."
Discovering an immediate and exhilarating chemistry together, Ray and the band found themselves placing some of Ray's harder-hitting lyrical messages in even bolder musical settings.
The most powerful and effective way to communicate my heart and an emphasis for missions to my audience was my focus on Allegiance. It was amazing. As we progressed the album took on a kind of life and energy that I haven't felt before. I just went in and said to the player, 'This is what I want to say to the people. Help me say it.' And that's what we've done."
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