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John E. Flood is a gospel, rock and blues singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer, music producer, on-air personality, and luthier (guitar builder) born in Panama City, Florida, now residing in Jacksonville, Alabama. Born John Edward Flood at Bay County Hospital in Panama City, Florida, he is the youngest son of Rev. Richard B. Flood, then pastor of First Baptist Church of Callaway (Callaway, Florida), and Margaret Adele Filipi Flood. He moved with his family (including brother David Flood) to Dothan, Alabama in the 1960’s where his father was pastor of Headland Avenue Baptist Church which later became Heritage Baptist Church. He attended Highland and Montana Street Elementary Schools, Girard Jr. High School, and Dothan High School. In January of 1978, his family relocated to Anniston, Alabama when his father became pastor of First Baptist Church of Anniston (now Anniston First Baptist Church at McClellan). He attended Anniston High School, and later Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL), Bessemer Technical Institute (Bessemer, AL), DeVry Institute of Technology (now DeVry University), New World College of Business (Anniston, AL) and Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, AL), studying business management, music, electronics and audio engineering. He is the husband of Emmie Butler Flood, father of Blake Flood and Jasmine Flood, step-father of Doug McClurg, Misty Johnson, Crystal Williams, and Jennifer Carter, and currently resides in Jacksonville, Alabama, 10 miles North of Anniston.

He began studying music at the age of nine learning piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass guitar, upright bass (double bass), saxophone, and later bassoon. At age twelve, he joined his first band playing bass in his brother’s bluegrass band. He has played in local and national touring bands including The Platters, Jeff Cook Band, PCB, Under New Management, Tomboy, Watter’s Edge, etc., and is a founding member of his current band Slo’ Moses, and past founder of the bands Peniel, Miss D’Meaner and the Felonies, The Old 45’s, and Grace Under Pressure. He has written more than fifty songs published under his own company Flashinthepan Music, most of which have been recorded by him and his bands. He recorded a five song demo and three full albums between 1983 and 1992 with his group Peniel (see chart below), a solo album in 1996 titled "It's About Time", and a self-titled album in 2015 with his current project group Slo' Moses. His credits on the albums include Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Lead & Backing Vocals, Songwriting, Audio Engineer, Producer, and Programmer. He is a long-time member of the music publishing group ASCAP.

In 1980, he received his FCC on-air broadcasting license and became an on-air personality disc jockey at regionally renowned top-40 radio station WQEN, aka “The Southern Super Giant, Super Q-104”, in Gadsden, Alabama, where he was known on-air as John Edwards. After two years as a “Q-jock”, he moved to WDNG radio station in Anniston, Alabama.

In 1984, he designed and built a home studio which was later relocated and became JEF Audio Productions. That same year, after several years of working in local music stores repairing and modifying guitars and amplifiers, he began building his own guitars under the moniker of “Flash Guitars” and becoming the first Seymour Duncan guitar pickups dealer in Alabama. He currently still constructs an average of 4 guitars per year, but at his peak was producing around 15 units per year and has built over 160 instruments in total. In 1987 he opened a full-line musical instrument retail store so named “Flash Guitars and Pro Sound Shop” in downtown Anniston, Alabama featuring his line of guitars and (at that time) the largest for hire sound and lighting system in the area. As an audio engineer his clients have included Chet Atkins, Glen Campbell, Mother’s Finest, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Paul Winter Consort, Liberace, Mark O’Connor, Jeff Cook, Lou Christie, The Platters, Jimmie Van Zant, Michael Allman, Knox Concert Series, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Michael W. Smith, Steve Camp, Russ Taff, White Heart, Michelle Pillar, Ray Boltz, Steve Green, Phil Driscoll, Roby Duke, Wayne Watson, Jerome Olds, Rich Mullins, and many others.

He is currently an activist along side ASCAP to develop and regulate copyright laws and paid royalties for musicians, performers, engineers, producers and songwriters relative to streaming and other forms of music distribution in the new digital age, and an advocate for musician's rights to control the distribution of and collect royalties on their intellectual properties.