Feliciano Vierra "Flash" Tavares Sr. (October 29, 1920 – December 17, 2008) was a Cape Verdean American musician, singer and guitarist based in Massachusetts.
[2] He was a self-taught musician who learned by listening to the radio and Cape Verdean music at an early age.
"[1] Tavares remained active within the musical community in his 80s despite an early diagnosis of prostate cancer.
[1] In 2007, Tavares and his sister, singer Vicki Vierra, were inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Cape Verdean museum in East Providence, Rhode Island.
[1] Feliciano "Flash" Vierra Tavares died at his home in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on December 17, 2008, at the age of 88.