Sonny Terry

Sonny Terry

🎂 24th October 1911 (114 yrs) 📍 Mineola, New York, U.S.

Known For

The Color Purple

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.

Sonny Terry

Movies Featuring Sonny Terry

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

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 (2004)

as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
Red, White and Blues

Red, White and Blues (2003)

as Self (archive footage)
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 (2003)

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

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 (2003)

as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 (2003)

as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie (1988)

as Self (archive footage)
The Color Purple

The Color Purple (1985)

as Jook Joint Musician
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984)

as Self
The Jerk

The Jerk (1979)

as Blues Singer
Festival

Festival (1967)

as Self
No Image

American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train (1964)

To Hear Your Banjo Play

To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947)

as Self