Sonny Terry

AKA: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Saunders Terrell

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1911-10-24

Mineola, New York, U.S.

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.

Crew Roles

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Original Music Composer

Color Cry

Musician

Color Cry

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Crossroads

Musician

The End of the Line

Music

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {13}

Blues Singer

1979-12-14 6.9

The Jerk

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy ...

Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2003-10-03 7.5

Red, White and Blues

Director Mike Figgis (Stormy Monday, Leaving Las Vegas, Time Code) joins musicians such as Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Tom Jones, performing and talking about the music of the early six ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2003-07-08 3.8

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

For some 30 years, they embodied "country blues" for folk music audiences around the globe. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were once ubiquitous, and as such tended to be taken for granted in the halcy ...

Genre :Music

Self

1947-01-01 4.5

To Hear Your Banjo Play

A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States. ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

1964-08-19 0

American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

A 16 minute short comprising 2 acts of a 1964 event where an innovative group of musicians performed on a real railroad track. The audience on one side of the tracks and the musicians on the station s ...

Genre :Music

Self

1967-10-23 5.7

Festival

Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival, from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan, ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Jook Joint Musician

1985-12-18 7.742

The Color Purple

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equ ...

Genre :Drama, History

Self

1984-01-01 5

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

A warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers across the United States. Part biography, part travelogue and part hootenanny, it follows the singer's so ...

Genre :Documentary

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

2003-01-01 0

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

Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hook ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

2004-08-31 10

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

Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: Big Mama Thornton, Roosevelt ...

Genre :Music, Documentary

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

2003-01-01 0

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

Genre :Music, Documentary

Self (archive footage)

1988-01-08 0

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

Documentary on the life of Woody Guthrie, the travelling songwriter and singer who paved the way for the likes of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. ...

Genre :Documentary, Music, TV Movie

Self

1972-08-19 7.8

The Midnight Special

The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, ...