Sonny Terry
ActingBorn: 1911-10-24Place of Birth: Mineola, New York, U.S.
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 Midnight Special
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The Color Purple
Jook Joint Musician
The Jerk
Blues Singer
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Self
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
Self (archive footage)
Red, White and Blues
Self (archive footage)
Festival
Self
The Blues Under the Skin
Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
To Hear Your Banjo Play
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