People

Sonny Terry

Sonny Terry
  • Name: Sonny Terry
  • Birthday: 1911-10-24
  • Also known as: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee,Saunders Terrell
  • Place of birth: Mineola, New York, U.S.
  • Popularity: 3.533
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.

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Title Release date
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3   as  Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) 2004-08-31
Red, White and Blues   as  Self (archive footage) 2003-10-03
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974   as  Self 2003-07-08
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1   as  Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 2003-01-01
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2   as  Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 2003-01-01
The Color Purple   as  Jook Joint Musician 1985-12-18
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'   as  Self 1984-01-01
The Jerk   as  Blues Singer 1979-12-14
Festival   as  Self 1967-10-23
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train 1964-08-19
To Hear Your Banjo Play   as  Self 1947-01-01