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

Red, White and Blues

The Color Purple

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

Acting

1979

The Jerk

as

Blues Singer

2003

Red, White and Blues

as

Self (archive footage)

2003

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

as

Self

1947

To Hear Your Banjo Play

as

Self

1964

American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

as

1967

Festival

as

Self

1985

The Color Purple

as

Jook Joint Musician

1984

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

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

2004

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

as

Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

1988

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

as

Self (archive footage)

The Midnight Special

as

Self

Production

Crew

Directing