Biography

John Cole	Daris Shamblin	Roger Comer	Mike Maggard

Praising God through song has been the aspiration of the Faith Harmony Boys since 1984.  God has richly blessed them with their unique style of Southern Gospel music, polished off with smooth four-part harmony.  Based near Charleston, WV, they cover a large portion of West Virginia and surrounding states nearly every weekend. When they are not traveling, each group member is dedicated to working in his own home church.

The Faith Harmony Boys signed an exclusive recording contract in January, 2005 with Lamp Music Group in Whitesville, GA. and completed their first project “Headed in the Right Direction” later that year. The new recording features seven strong original songs by group members, and several other tremendous works by writers including David Needham and Diane Needham-Mummert of The Needhams.

Lamp President, Mike Pillow, recently shared his thoughts on the agreement,

"I first met the FHB in the early 90's and have been aware of their industry presence over the years. God has truly blessed these men with not only an entertaining delivery, but an awesome spirit. I am looking forward to great things for God as a result of this partnership!"

FHB's first nationally distributed project, Extreme Faith, was recorded in March, 1997 with Reformation Records.  Nine of the ten cuts on this project were written by group members.  This included their first two national single releases, FAITH IS THE VICTORY, and  I LOVE IT WHEN GOD'S PLAN COMES TOGETHER, which climbed to #73 on the U.S. Gospel News Top 100 chart for November 1998. 

In September, 1999 they released their second nationally-distributed recording project, Pure Gold.  The first radio single from this project, TRAVELING ON THROUGH CANAAN, climbed to #71 in the June 2000 issue of the Singing News magazine's Top 80 chart.  The next three single releases, WELCOME HOME MY CHILD, I'M LOOKING FOR JESUS, and TRUSTING IN JESUS also received good radio response across the country.

The Faith Harmony Boys are honored to be a featured artist at the annual Eastern Quartet Convention in Greensburg, PA which is sponsored by Streets of Gold Promotions.  Joe Chioda, president of Streets of Gold, had this to say about the Faith Harmony Boys: 

"...'they are a classy group of men that makes you know you’ve been ministered to in song and word!’...I saw their commitment in who and what they believe in and that is most important to me!  This group presented themselves the way each Gospel group should.  You can guarantee they’ll be singing for me a lot in the future, there’s no doubt about that.  I’d do anything I could in helping these guys because I have the confidence in them to always give and be the best at what they do.” - Joe Chioda

While some of the faces may have changed over the years, The Faith Harmony Boys still possess a smooth, Southern Gospel Quartet sound and a strong desire to be used of the Lord.  Current members  are Daris Shamblin, singing bass, Roger Comer singing baritone and playing piano and Mike Maggard, singing tenor. John Cole, the lead singer for 17 years, made a much contemplated decision to leave the group at the end of 2007. John wanted to spend more time with his family and focus on his growing church. John is Pastor of the Villa Nova Missionary Baptist Church in Duck, WV. While he will be missed, we fully support him in making this difficult decision and wish him well as he continues in the ministry. Several candidates for the lead position have been interviewed and an announcement of John’s replacement is pending.

The primary goal of the Faith Harmony Boys is to lift up and magnify the name of their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  The next time you hear that the Faith Harmony Boys are in your area, plan to attend and enjoy an evening of inspiring southern gospel music, or as they put it, an evening of praise. They devote much of their time to God and their ministry....With their song, they do praise Him!