Sonny Terry
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday24 October 1911
Died11 March 1986 (age 74)
Place of birthMineola, New York, U.S.
Known credits19
Biography
Sonny Terry was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts.
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004 · Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
Red, White and Blues
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003 · Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
2003 · Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003 · Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Crossroads
1986 · Musician
The Color Purple
1985 · Jook Joint Musician
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984 · Self
The Jerk
1979 · Blues Singer
Stroszek
1977 · Original Music Composer
Leadbelly
1976 · Musician
The Blues Under the Skin
1973 · Self
The Midnight Special
1972 · Self
Festival
1967 · Self
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
1964
The End of the Line
1959 · Music
Color Cry
1952 · Musician
Color Cry
1952 · Music
To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947 · Self
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