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Sonny Terry
Born
Oct 24, 1911
Died: Mar 11, 1986
Lived 74 years
Place of Birth
Mineola, New York, U.S.
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
12
Movies
1
TV Shows
Also Known As
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Saunders Terrell
IMDb Profile
Sonny Terry
Acting
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.
Movies
12
TV Shows
1
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as
Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
2004
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
2003
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
as
Self (archive footage)
1988
The Color Purple
as
Jook Joint Musician
1985
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as
Self
1984
The Jerk
as
Blues Singer
1979
Festival
as
Self
1967
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
Cast
1964
To Hear Your Banjo Play
as
Self
1947
