years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
1963 -- 1999 myrrh david and the giants
 david keith thibodeaux gerald hagan owen hale w. huff rayborn huff clayborn huff lance huff group_or_band contemporary christian , christian rock , rock laurel , mississippi , united states david and the giants
david and the giants

david and the giants began as a rock band in laurel , mississippi ; with the huff brothers : david , clay , and ray -- with jerry parker on drums , touring the southeast during the 1960s .
in 1977 they switched to a christian rock format .
they continued to sing and record together through 1999 .
recording and performing together for almost 40 years , the band released 17 albums .
though the band 's style has been compared to that of mylon lefevre and broken heart , their most commercially successful work came in the 1960s with a sound , augmented by the muscle shoals horns , that closely resembled that of jay & the techniques .
