Sonny Terry

Known ForActing

Birthday1911-10-24

Age74 years old at death

Date of Death† 1986-03-11

Place of BirthMineola, New York, U.S.

Also Known AsSonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Saunders Terrell

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.

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Sonny Terry

Biography

Filmography

The Color Purple

The Jerk

Festival

Red, White and Blues

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

To Hear Your Banjo Play

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

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

American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

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

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

The Midnight Special