Sonny Terry

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Sonny Terry was an influential American blues and folk harmonica player known for his energetic, whooping style and collaborations with guitarist Brownie McGhee.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues musician
folk musician
harmonica player
human
activeYearsEnd 1986
activeYearsStart 1930
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

National Heritage Fellowships
surface form: National Heritage Fellowship
birthName Saunders Terrell
burialPlace Pinelawn Memorial Park, New York, United States
surface form: Pinelawn Memorial Park, Farmingdale, New York, United States
causeOfDisability accidental eye injuries in childhood
collaboratedWith Brownie McGhee
Lead Belly
Lightnin’ Hopkins
surface form: Lightnin' Hopkins

Woody Guthrie
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1911-10-24
dateOfDeath 1986-03-11
disability blindness
familyName Terrell
genre Piedmont blues
country blues
folk music
givenName Saunders
influenced Charlie Musselwhite
John Mayall
Paul Butterfield
Sugar Blue
instrument harmonica
memberOf Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
name Sonny Terry self-link
notableWork Whoopin' the Blues
surface form: Hootin' the Blues

Midnight Special
Sonny & Brownie
Whoopin' the Blues
occupation harmonica player
musician
singer
performedAt Carnegie Hall
Newport Folk Festival
placeOfBirth Greensboro, Georgia
surface form: Greensboro, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath Mineola, New York
surface form: Mineola, New York, United States
recordLabel Folkways Records
Okeh Records
Prestige Records
Vanguard Records
style energetic whooping harmonica style
vocalStyle whoops and hollers integrated with harmonica playing

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Lightnin’ Hopkins associatedAct Sonny Terry