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 Midnight Special

The Color Purple

The Jerk

Festival

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

Red, White and Blues

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

The Blues Under the Skin

All Movies (13)

• The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 32004 · as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
• Red, White and Blues2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-19742003 · as Self
• The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 12003 · as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
• The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 22003 · as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
• BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Color Purple1985 · as Jook Joint Musician
• Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'1984 · as Self
• The Jerk1979 · as Blues Singer
• The Blues Under the Skin1973 · as Self
• Festival1967 · as Self
• American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train1964
• To Hear Your Banjo Play1947 · as Self

All TV Shows (1)

• The Midnight Special1972 · as Self