# Doc Terry

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Doc Terry
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| birth_name      = Terry Adail
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| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1921|12|14}}
| birth_place     = [Sunflower, Mississippi](/source/Sunflower%2C_Mississippi), U.S.
| death_date      = {{death date and age|2001|08|23|1921|12|14}}
| death_place     = [East St. Louis, Illinois](/source/East_St._Louis%2C_Illinois), U.S.
| instrument      = Vocals, harmonica
| genre           = [Electric blues](/source/Electric_blues)
| occupation      = Musician, songwriter
| years_active    = 1940s–1990s
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'''Terry''' '''Adail''' (December 14, 1921 – August 23, 2001),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-w-uGwm_LhcC&dq=Doc+terry.+2001+Obituary.+Terry+Adail&pg=PA969|title=Encyclopedia of the Blues|first=Edward M.|last=Komara|date=June 25, 2006|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780415926997 |access-date=25 June 2023|via=Google Books}}</ref> known professionally as '''Doc Terry''', was an American [blues](/source/blues) musician who started playing the [harmonica](/source/harmonica) at the age of 12, influenced by [Sonny Boy Williamson I](/source/Sonny_Boy_Williamson_I)<ref name="stlblues">{{cite web |title=Doc Terry and the Pirates |url=http://www.stlblues.net/docterry.htm |website=STLBlues.net |access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="who" /> whom he would hear play at country picnics in [Greenville, Mississippi](/source/Greenville%2C_Mississippi).<ref name="slpd">{{cite news |title=Doc Terry: Playing Harp and Soul |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1P2-32838354/doc-terry-playing-harp-and-soul |access-date=2 August 2020 |agency=St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) |date=November 11, 1993}}</ref> During his career, Terry played with blues musicians such as [Muddy Waters](/source/Muddy_Waters), [Howlin' Wolf](/source/Howlin'_Wolf), [Yank Rachell](/source/Yank_Rachell) and [Henry Townsend](/source/Henry_Townsend_(musician)).<ref name="stlblues" />

==Biography==
After serving in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) in the [Pacific theater](/source/Pacific_War),<ref name="who">{{cite book |last1=Harris |first1=Sheldon |title=Blues Who's Who : a biographical dictionary of blues singers |date=1991 |publisher=Da Capo Press |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn=0306801558 |pages=502, 576 |edition=7}}</ref> Terry returned to the U.S. and became active in the [St. Louis](/source/St._Louis) blues scene in the late 1940s.<ref name="stlblues" /> During the 1950s he played in [juke joints](/source/juke_joints) all around the St. Louis area.<ref name="slpd" /> When [Boo Boo Davis](/source/Boo_Boo_Davis) moved to St. Louis in the 1960s, he joined Terry's band for a time.<ref name="KDHX">{{cite web |last1=Motchan |first1=Bill |title=Boo Boo Davis Keeps the Blues Alive at KDHXFest 2019 |url=https://kdhx.org/articles/music-news/1598-boo-boo-davis-keeps-the-blues-alive-at-kdhxfest-2019 |website=Kdhx.org |access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="stlblues2">{{cite web |title=BOO BOO DAVIS BIO |url=http://www.stlblues.net/bio_booboo.htm |website=STLBlues.net}}</ref> In the 1970s, Terry formed his own record label called D.T.P. Records, named after his band, Doc Terry and the Pirates.<ref name="stlblues" /> Terry led the Pirates with vocals and harmonica playing, and was joined by Thomas Johnson on guitar, Nathaniel Thomas on drums, Peter Smorodin on bass, with Patti Thomas providing additional vocals.<ref name="stlblues" /> The Pirates performed mainly around the St. Louis area at venues that included: the USS President, Union Station Biergarten, Broadway Oyster Bar, Webster Grill and [Blueberry Hill](/source/Blueberry_Hill_(restaurant)). In 1988, they were featured on a PBS television documentary about the St. Louis blues scene, which also included blues artists [James Crutchfield](/source/James_Crutchfield), James DeShay and George McCoy.<ref name="stlblues" />

==Discography==
===Singles===
*"Rock With Doc" / "Who Do Blues"; D.T.P. Records TS71-74 / TS71-75
*"Things Can't Stay The Same" / "Dr. Boogie"; D.T.P. Records TS74-588 / TS-74-589
*"Running Blues" / "Down The Road I Go"; D.T.P. Records DTP-1421 (1971)

===Compilation album tracks===
*''Chicago Blues''; Various Artists; [JSP](/source/JSP_Records) CD 401 (1997)
::"Dr. Boogie" / "Things Can't Stay The Same"
*''Chicago Blues 2''; Various Artists; JSP CD 405 (1998)
::"Who Do Blues"
*''The Best of Harmonica Blues''; Various Artists; Wolf 120105 (2001)
::"Born In The Delta"
*''St. Louis Blues Today''; Various Artists; Wolf 120941 (2015)
::"Born In The Delta" / "A.C.D. Blues"
*''Harpin' On It - A Blues Harmonica Anthology''; Various Artists; JSP CD 811 (2017)
::"Dr. Boogie" / "Things Can't Stay The Same"

==References==
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Category:1921 births
Category:2001 deaths
Category:American blues singers
Category:American blues harmonica players
Category:St. Louis blues musicians
Category:Musicians from St. Louis
Category:People from Sunflower, Mississippi

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