Sonny Terry

Gender: Male

Birthday: 1911-10-24 - 1986-03-11

Place of Birth: Mineola, New York, U.S.

Also Known As: Sonny 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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Known For

1972

The Midnight Special

(Self)

1985

The Color Purple

(Jook Joint Musician)

1979

The Jerk

(Blues Singer)

1984

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

(Self)

1947

To Hear Your Banjo Play

(Self)

2003

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

(Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

1988

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

(Self (archive footage))

1967

Festival

(Self)

2003

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

(Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

2003

Red, White and Blues

(Self (archive footage))

1964

American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

1973

The Blues Under the Skin

(Self)

2003

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

(Self)

2004

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

(Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee))