Sonny Terry

Personal Info

Birthday

October 24, 1911

Day of Death

1986-03-11

(74 years old)

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

The Color Purple

The Jerk

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

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

Filmography

2004
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
2003
Red, White and Blues
as Self (archive footage)
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
as Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
1988
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
as Self (archive footage)
1985
The Color Purple
as Jook Joint Musician
1984
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
1979
The Jerk
as Blues Singer
1967
Festival
as Self
1947
To Hear Your Banjo Play
as Self