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Sonny Terry
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🎂 October 24, 1911📍 Mineola, New York, U.S.🕯️ March 11, 1986 · Age 74
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.
BODY OF WORK
Sonny Terry's Filmography
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The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004⭐ 10.0
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
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Red, White and Blues
2003⭐ 7.5
as Self (archive footage)
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Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003⭐ 3.8
as Self
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The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
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The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
2003
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
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BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988
as Self (archive footage)
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The Color Purple
1985⭐ 7.7
as Jook Joint Musician
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Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984⭐ 6.5
as Self
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The Jerk
1979⭐ 6.9
as Blues Singer
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The Blues Under the Skin
1973⭐ 10.0
as Self
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Festival
1967⭐ 6.0
as Self
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No Poster
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American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
1964⭐ 9.0
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To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947⭐ 4.5
as Self