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Sonny Terry

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Sonny Terry

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Born: October 24, 1911
Died: March 11, 1986
From: Mineola, New York, U.S.

Also known as

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee · Saunders Terrell

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.

Known for

The Color Purple

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

The Blues Under the Skin

To Hear Your Banjo Play

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

Filmography

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2004

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3

Acting (Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee))

2003

Red, White and Blues

Acting (Self (archive footage))

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

Acting (Self)

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1

Acting (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2

Acting (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

1988

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

Acting (Self (archive footage))

1986

Sound (Musician)

1985

The Color Purple

Acting (Jook Joint Musician)

1984

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

Acting (Self)

1979

Acting (Blues Singer)

1977

Sound (Original Music Composer)

1976

Sound (Musician)

1973

The Blues Under the Skin

Acting (Self)

1972

The Midnight Special

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1967

Acting (Self)

1964

American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

1959

The End of the Line

Sound (Music)

1952

Sound (Musician) Sound (Music)

1947

To Hear Your Banjo Play

Acting (Self)