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Sonny Terry
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.
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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.
Movies
Known for
The Color Purple1985 · Jook Joint Musician3.9ActuallyLike
The Jerk1979 · Blues Singer3.4ActuallyLike
Crossroads1986 · Musician3.7
Stroszek1977 · Original Music Composer3.7
The Blues Under the Skin1973 · Self5.0
The End of the Line1959 · Music5.0
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 32004 · Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)5.0
Leadbelly1976 · Musician3.2Cast
Cast credits
The Color Purple1985 · Jook Joint Musician3.9ActuallyLikeThe Jerk1979 · Blues Singer3.4ActuallyLikeThe Blues Under the Skin1973 · Self5.0The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 32004 · Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)5.0
Festival1967 · Self3.0
Red, White and Blues2003 · Self (archive footage)3.8
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'1984 · Self3.3AAmerican Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train1964 · Cast4.5
To Hear Your Banjo Play1947 · Self2.3
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-19742003 · Self1.9
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie1988 · Self (archive footage)
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 12003 · Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 22003 · Sonny Terry & Brownie McGheeCrew