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 Midnight Special
1973
The Color Purple
1985
Crossroads
1986
The Jerk
1979
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984
Stroszek
1977
Leadbelly
1976
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988
Red, White and Blues
2003
The Blues Under the Skin
1973
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
14
Sound
6
2004
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
2003
Red, White and Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
as Self
2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
1988
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
as Self (archive footage)
1985
The Color Purple
as Jook Joint Musician
1984
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
1979
The Jerk
as Blues Singer
1973
The Blues Under the Skin
as Self
1973
The Midnight Special
as Self
1967
Festival
as Self
1964
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
1947
To Hear Your Banjo Play
as Self