Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 24, 1911
Place of Birth
Mineola, New York, U.S.
Also Known As
- Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Saunders Terrell
Sonny Terry
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.
Known For - Movies
The Color Purple
as Jook Joint Musician
The Jerk
as Blues Singer
Festival
as Self
Red, White and Blues
as Self (archive footage)
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
as Self (archive footage)
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
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American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
To Hear Your Banjo Play
as Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
