Sonny Terry

from Mineola, New York, U.S.

Artwork for The Color PurpleImage of Sonny Terry

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.

Timeline

2004Aged 93

  • Poster for The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3

    Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

2003Aged 92

  • Poster for The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1

    Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

  • Poster for The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2

    Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

  • Poster for Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

    Self

  • Poster for Red, White and Blues

    Self (archive footage)

1988Aged 77

  • Poster for BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

    Self (archive footage)

1986Aged 75

  • Poster for Crossroads

    Musician

1985Aged 74

  • Poster for The Color Purple

    Jook Joint Musician

1984Aged 73

  • Poster for Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

    Self

1979Aged 68

  • Poster for The Jerk

    Blues Singer

1977Aged 66

  • Poster for Stroszek

    Original Music Composer

1976Aged 65

  • Poster for Leadbelly

    Musician

1973Aged 62

  • Poster for The Blues Under the Skin

    Self

1967Aged 56

  • Poster for Festival

    Self

1959Aged 48

  • Poster for The End of the Line

    Music

1952Aged 41

1947Aged 36

  • Poster for To Hear Your Banjo Play

    Self