Acting
Sonny Terry
1911 · Mineola, New York, U.S.
18 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
The Color Purple
Jook Joint Musician
Crossroads
Musician
The Jerk
Blues Singer
Stroszek
Original Music Composer
Leadbelly
Musician
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Self
Festival
Self
The End of the Line
Music
Red, White and Blues
Self (archive footage)
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
Self (archive footage)
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
To Hear Your Banjo Play
Self