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Sonny Terry
Acting
Born: October 24, 1911
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 Color Purple
as Jook Joint Musician
The Jerk
as Blues Singer
Festival
as Self
Red, White and Blues
as Self (archive footage)
To Hear Your Banjo Play
as Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
as Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
as Self (archive footage)
