Sonny Terry
October 24, 1911 (113 years old) in Mineola, New York, U.S.
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
Credits
- 2004 ·The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
- 2003 ·Red, White and Bluesas Self (archive footage)
- 2003 ·Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974as Self
- 2003 ·The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- 2003 ·The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- 1988 ·BBC Arena: Woody Guthrieas Self (archive footage)
- 1985 ·The Color Purpleas Jook Joint Musician
- 1984 ·Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'as Self
- 1979 ·The Jerkas Blues Singer
- 1972 ·The Midnight Specialas Self
- 1967 ·Festivalas Self
- 1964 ·American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Trainas
- 1947 ·To Hear Your Banjo Playas Self