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Sonny Terry

Sonny Terry

Birthday: 1911-10-24 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2004
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3

as    Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1

as    Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2

as    Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

1988
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

as    Self (archive footage)

1967
Festival

as    Self

1947
To Hear Your Banjo Play

as    Himself