Sonny Terry
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Midnight Special
Self
1972
Film
The Color Purple
Jook Joint Musician
1985
Film
The Jerk
Blues Singer
1979
Film
Festival
Self
1967
Film
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
Self (archive footage)
1988
Film
Red, White and Blues
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Self
1984
Film
The Blues Under the Skin
Self
1973
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
1964
Film
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
2003
Film
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
2004
Film
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
Self
2003
Film
To Hear Your Banjo Play
Self
1947
Film
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
2003