Sonny Terry
Birthday
1911/10/24
Day of death
1986/03/11 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Mineola, New York, U.S.
Also know 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.
Acting
(1979) The Jerk
as Blues Singer
(2003) Red, White and Blues
as Self (archive footage)
(2003) Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
as Self
(1947) To Hear Your Banjo Play
as Self
(1964) American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
as ---
(1967) Festival
as Self
(1985) The Color Purple
as Jook Joint Musician
(1984) Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
(2003) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
(2004) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
(2003) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
(1988) BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) The Midnight Special
as Self