About 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.

Cast

The Jerk

Blues Singer

Red, White and Blues

Self (archive footage)

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

Self

To Hear Your Banjo Play

Self

American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

Festival

Self

The Color Purple

Jook Joint Musician

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

Self

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3

Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Stroszek

Original Music Composer

Color Cry

Musician

Color Cry

Music

Crossroads

Musician