Sonny Terry

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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

• The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 (2004)
• Red, White and Blues (2003)
• Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 (2003)
• The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 (2003)
• The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 (2003)
• BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie (1988)
• Crossroads (1986)
• The Color Purple (1985)
• Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984)
• The Jerk (1979)
• Stroszek (1977)
• Leadbelly (1976)
• The Blues Under the Skin (1973)
• Festival (1967)
• American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train (1964)
• The End of the Line (1959)
• Color Cry (1952)
• To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947)