- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 24, 1911
- Place of Birth
- Mineola, New York, U.S.
- Died
- March 11, 1986
Sonny Terry
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
movieThe American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004 · Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
movieRed, White and Blues
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieBrownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003 · Self
movieThe American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
2003 · Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
movieThe American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003 · Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
movieBBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieCrossroads
1986 · Musician
movieThe Color Purple
1985 · Jook Joint Musician
movieWoody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984 · Self
movieThe Jerk
1979 · Blues Singer
movieStroszek
1977 · Original Music Composer
movieLeadbelly
1976 · Musician
movieThe Blues Under the Skin
1973 · Self
tvThe Midnight Special
1972 · Self
movieFestival
1967 · Self
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
1964
movieThe End of the Line
1959 · Music
Color Cry
1952 · Musician
movieTo Hear Your Banjo Play
1947 · Self