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| '''Terry''' '''Adail''' (December 14, 1921 - August 23, 2001), known professionally as Doc Terry, was a ] musician who started playing the ] at the age of 12, influenced by harmonica blues legend ]<ref name="stlblues">{{cite web |title=Doc Terry and the Pirates |url=http://www.stlblues.net/docterry.htm |website=STLBlues.net |publisher=STLBlues.net |accessdate=2 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="who" /> who he would hear play at country picnics in ].<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 |accessdate=2 August 2020 |agency=St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) |date=November 11, 1993}}</ref> During his career, Terry played with blues legends such as ], ], ] and ].<ref name="stlblues" /> | '''Terry''' '''Adail''' (December 14, 1921 - August 23, 2001), known professionally as Doc Terry, was a ] musician who started playing the ] at the age of 12, influenced by harmonica blues legend ]<ref name="stlblues">{{cite web |title=Doc Terry and the Pirates |url=http://www.stlblues.net/docterry.htm |website=STLBlues.net |publisher=STLBlues.net |accessdate=2 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="who" /> who he would hear play at country picnics in ].<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 |accessdate=2 August 2020 |agency=St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) |date=November 11, 1993}}</ref> During his career, Terry played with blues legends such as ], ], ] and ].<ref name="stlblues" /> | ||
| ==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| After serving in the ] during the ] in the ]<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 |page=502, 576 |edition=7}}</ref>, Terry returned to the U.S. and became active in the ] blues scene in the late 1940s.<ref name="stlblues" /> During the 1950s he played in ] all around the St. Louis area.<ref name="slpd" /> When ] 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 |publisher=KDHX |accessdate=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 |publisher=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 and were featured on a PBS television documentary about the St. Louis blues scene, which also included blues artists ], James DeShay and George McCoy.<ref name="stlblues" /> | After serving in the ] during the ] in the ]<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 |page=502, 576 |edition=7}}</ref>, Terry returned to the U.S. and became active in the ] blues scene in the late 1940s.<ref name="stlblues" /> During the 1950s he played in ] all around the St. Louis area.<ref name="slpd" /> When ] 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 |publisher=KDHX |accessdate=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 |publisher=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 and were featured on a PBS television documentary about the St. Louis blues scene, which also included blues artists ], James DeShay and George McCoy.<ref name="stlblues" /> | ||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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| Doc Terry | |
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| Birth name | Terry Adail |
| Born | (1921-12-14)December 14, 1921 Sunflower, Mississippi , U.S. |
| Died | August 23, 2001(2001-08-23) (aged 79) East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Electric blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, harmonica |
| Years active | 1940s-1990s |
Terry Adail (December 14, 1921 - August 23, 2001), known professionally as Doc Terry, was a blues musician who started playing the harmonica at the age of 12, influenced by harmonica blues legend Sonny Boy Williamson I who he would hear play at country picnics in Greenville, Mississippi. During his career, Terry played with blues legends such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Yank Rachell and Henry Townsend.
Biography
After serving in the U.S. Army during the second world war in the Pacific theater, Terry returned to the U.S. and became active in the St. Louis blues scene in the late 1940s. During the 1950s he played in juke joints all around the St. Louis area. When Boo Boo Davis moved to St. Louis in the 1960s, he joined Terry's band for a time. In the 1970s, Terry formed his own record label called D.T.P. Records, named after his band, Doc Terry and the Pirates. 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. The Pirates performed mainly around the St. Louis area and were featured on a PBS television documentary about the St. Louis blues scene, which also included blues artists James Crutchfield, James DeShay and George McCoy.
References
- ^ "Doc Terry and the Pirates". STLBlues.net. STLBlues.net. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Harris, Sheldon (1991). Blues who's who : a biographical dictionary of blues singers (7 ed.). New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press. p. 502, 576. ISBN 0306801558.
- ^ "Doc Terry: Playing Harp and Soul". St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO). November 11, 1993. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- Motchan, Bill. "Boo Boo Davis Keeps the Blues Alive at KDHXFest 2019". KDHX. KDHX. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- "BOO BOO DAVIS BIO". STLBlues.net. STLBlues.net.
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