Sonny Terry
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1911-10-24
Deathday 1986-03-11 (74 years old)
Place of Birth Mineola, New York, U.S.
Also Known As Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Saunders Terrell
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
Actor
2004
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
2003
Red, White and Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
1985
The Color Purple
as Jook Joint Musician
1984
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
1979
The Jerk
as Blues Singer
1972
The Midnight Special
as Self
1967
Festival
as Self
1947
To Hear Your Banjo Play
as Self
Sound
1986
Crossroads
as Musician
1977
Stroszek
as Original Music Composer
1952
Color Cry
as Musician
1952
Color Cry
as Music