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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

18

Birth Date

1911-10-24 00:00:00

Birth Place

Mineola, New York, U.S.

Known For

• 

  Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
• 

  The Blues Under the Skin
• 

  Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
• American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
• 

  To Hear Your Banjo Play
• 

  BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

Credits

• actors (13 credits)

  • The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3

    Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Red, White and Blues

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1

    Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2

    Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • The Color Purple

    Jook Joint Musician

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The Jerk

    Blues Singer

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • The Blues Under the Skin

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Festival

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • To Hear Your Banjo Play

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1947

• sound (5 credits)

  • Crossroads

    musician

    sound
    1986
  • Stroszek

    original music composer

    sound
    1977
  • Leadbelly

    musician

    sound
    1976
  • The End of the Line

    music

    sound
    1959
  • Color Cry

    musician

    sound
    1952