Sonny Terry
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.
Gallery
Known For
Acting History
2004
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
2003Red, White and Blues as Self (archive footage)
2003Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 as Self
2003The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
2003The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
1988BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie as Self (archive footage)
1985The Color Purple as Jook Joint Musician
1984Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' as Self
1979The Jerk as Blues Singer
1972The Midnight Special as Self
1967Festival as Self
1964American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
1947To Hear Your Banjo Play as Self