Sonny Terry
Actor
- Born
- October 24, 1911
- Died
- March 11, 1986 (age 74)
- From
- Mineola, New York, U.S.
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.
Filmography (13)
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. 1 (2003)Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 (2003)Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie (1988)Self (archive footage)
The Color Purple (1985)Jook Joint Musician
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984)Self
The Jerk (1979)Blues Singer
The Blues Under the Skin (1973)Self
Festival (1967)Self- American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel TrainAmerican Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train (1964)
To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947)Self