North Carolina, United States
Harmonica blues, Piedmont blues, country blues, blues revival, folk-blues, East Coast blues
Saunders Teddell, or Saunders Terrell (or other variants, sources differ) (October 24, 1911 – March 11, 1986), known as 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.
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (1958) with Brownie McGhee
Sonny Terry and His Mouth-Harp (1958) rec.'53
Just a Closer Walk with Thee (1960) rec.'57, with Brownie McGhee
Midnight Special (1960) with Brownie McGhee
Sonny's Story (1960)
Last Night Blues (1961) with Lightnin' Hopkins
At Sugar Hill (1962) with Brownie McGhee
At the 2nd Fret: Recorded Live (1962) with Brownie McGhee
Shouts & Blues (1962) with Brownie McGhee
Sonny Is King (1963)
Blues Hoot: Live Recording at the Ash Grove (1963) with Lightnin' Hopkins and Brownie McGhee
Hometown Blues (1965) with Brownie McGhee
A Long Way... from Home (1969) with Brownie McGhee
Back to New Orleans (1972) 1959-1960, with Brownie McGhee
Wizard of the Harmonica (1972)
I Couldn't Believe My Eyes (1973) Sep 24 1969, 1990 Rem, with Brownie McGhee and Earl Hooker
Sonny & Brownie (1973) with Brownie McGhee
The 1958 London Sessions (1990) with Brownie McGhee
The Folkways Years 1944-1963 (1991)
Drinking in the Blues (1993) with Brownie McGhee
Climbin' Up (1994) 1952/1955, with Brownie McGhee
Whoopin' the Blues: The Capitol Recordings 1947-1950 (1995)
Complete Recorded Works (1996) 1938-1945
Harmonica & Guitar Blues 1937-1945 (1996) with Blind Boy Fuller
Going it Alone (1997) with Brownie McGhee
Backwater Blues (1999) Dec 29 1961, with Brownie McGhee
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1999) 1944-1949
Lightning Hopkins and the Blues Summit (2001) rec.'60, with Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee and Big Joe Williams
Doggin' My Heart Around (2003) 1940-1953
Key to the Highway (2004) rec.'52, with Brownie McGhee
Live at the New Penelope Café (2016) Feb 7 1967, with Brownie McGhee
appears on:
American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1965 (1995)
American Folk Blues Festival '67 (1967)
