Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1911-10-24
Deathday
1986-03-11
Place of Birth
Mineola, New York, U.S.
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.
Known For
The Color Purple
as Jook Joint Musician
The Jerk
as Blues Singer
Festival
as Self
The Midnight Special
as Self
Red, White and Blues
as Self (archive footage)
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
as Self
To Hear Your Banjo Play
as Self
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
