Sonny Terry

Acting • Born 1911-10-24 • 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.

Filmography

1985 • Jook Joint Musician

The Blues Under the Skin

1973 • Self

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

2003 • Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

1988 • Self (archive footage)

No Image

9.0

American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

1964

3.8

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

2003 • Self

7.5

Red, White and Blues

2003 • Self (archive footage)

6.5

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

1984 • Self

10.0

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

2004 • Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

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

2003 • Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

4.5

To Hear Your Banjo Play

1947 • Self