| Terry Garland | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Terry Ray Garland |
| Birth Date: | June 3, 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Johnson City, Tennessee, United States |
| Death Place: | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Instrument: | Guitar, vocals |
| Genre: | Blues |
| Occupation: | Guitarist, singer, songwriter |
| Years Active: | Late 1980s–2021 |
| Label: | BMG/First Warning, Planetary, Silvermoon |
Terry Ray Garland (June 3, 1953 – September 19, 2021),[1] who was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, was an American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer. The Allmusic journalist Niles J. Frantz wrote that Garland was "a country blues interpreter who plays a National steel guitar, often with a slide, in the style of Bukka White and Fred McDowell."[2]
His first two albums were released by BMG/First Warning.[3]
The harmonica player Mark Wenner, of the Nighthawks contributed to Garland's records.[3]
His next release was Whistling in the Dark, issued in 2006.[4]
Terry Garland died of congestive heart failure, at the age of 68, in September 2021.[1]