Terry Adail (December 14, 1921 – August 23, 2001),[1] known professionally as Doc Terry, was an American blues musician who started playing the harmonica at the age of 12, influenced by Sonny Boy Williamson I[2][3] whom he would hear play at country picnics in Greenville, Mississippi.
[4] During his career, Terry played with blues musicians such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Yank Rachell and Henry Townsend.
[2] After serving in the United States Army during World War II in the Pacific theater,[3] Terry returned to the U.S. and became active in the St. Louis blues scene in the late 1940s.
[2] 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.
In 1988, they 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.