Flash Terry

{{Short description|American guitarist and singer}}

Flash Terry (June 17, 1934 – March 18, 2004){{cite web|url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2004.html|title=The Dead Rock Stars Club : 2004 January To June|website=Thedeadrockstarsclub.com|access-date=September 11, 2011}} was an American guitarist and singer. Terry was notably instrumental in the birth of blues and blues rock in the state of Oklahoma.{{cite web|title=History of Blues in Oklahoma|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BL016.html|website=Digital.library.okstate.edu|access-date=2011-05-15|archive-date=2008-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709033009/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BL016.html|url-status=dead}}

He was born Verbie Gene Terry in Inola, Oklahoma, United States. Terry was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1994.{{cite web|title=Oklahoma Hall of Fame|url=http://www.oklahomamusichalloffame.com/Inductees/tabid/56/ItemID/30/Default.aspx|website=Oklahomamusichalloffame.com}} He most notably recorded "Enough Troubles of My Own". He was the older brother of fellow musician Wiley Terry, who co-wrote and sang the 1964 hit, "Follow the Leader".{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/nc865231us|title=Wiley Terry - Follow The Leader Pt. 1|access-date=10 May 2021|website=45cat.com}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZNfAQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Flash+Terry%22.+%22Wiley+Terry%22&pg=PA360|title=Blues: A Regional Experience|first1=Bob L.|last1=Eagle|first2=Eric S.|last2=LeBlanc|date=1 May 2013|page=360|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313344244|access-date=10 May 2021|via=Google Books}}

In the wake of his death, at the age of 69, following a stroke in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in March 2004, a band member Kevin Phariss, rebuilt the group.{{cite web|title=The Kevin Phariss Band|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BL016.html|website=Digital.library.okstate.edu|access-date=2011-05-15|archive-date=2008-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709033009/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BL016.html|url-status=dead}}

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