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.

Known For

The Color Purple

Jook Joint Musician

The Jerk

Blues Singer

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

Self

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

Self (archive footage)

The Blues Under the Skin

Self

Red, White and Blues

Self (archive footage)

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)