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Sonny Terry

Sonny Terry

Born: 1911-10-24 • 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
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 poster
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004 • Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
Red, White and Blues poster
Red, White and Blues
2003 • Self (archive footage)
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 poster
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003 • Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 poster
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003 • Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 poster
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
2003 • Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie poster
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988 • Self (archive footage)
The Color Purple poster
The Color Purple
1985 • Jook Joint Musician
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' poster
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984 • Self
The Jerk poster
The Jerk
1979 • Blues Singer
Festival poster
Festival
1967 • Self
No Image
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
1964
To Hear Your Banjo Play poster
To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947 • Self