Sonny Terry
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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
Credits
The Color Purple (1985)
as Jook Joint Musician
The Jerk (1979)
as Blues Singer
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984)
as Self
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Red, White and Blues (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Festival (1967)
as Self
To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947)
as Self
The Blues Under the Skin (1973)
as Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 (2003)
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 (2004)
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 (2003)
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train (1964)
Actor
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 (2003)
as Self