Sonny Terry
October 24, 1911 (112 years old) in Mineola, New York, U.S.
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
Credits
- 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 · Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 as Self
- 2003 · The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- 2003 · The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 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
- 1964 · American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train as
- 1947 · To Hear Your Banjo Play as Self