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Saunders Terrell (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.
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Saunders Terrell (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.
4 Quotes by Sonny Terry
- 1.
If you’ve got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot.
Sonny TerryAmerican Piedmont blues musician
- 2.
It’s very easy to learn. And very difficult to master.
Sonny TerryAmerican Piedmont blues musician
- 3.
You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It’s the closest music to our humanity – it’s like a folk music that rises up out of a culture.
Sonny TerryAmerican Piedmont blues musician
- 4.
So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.
Sonny TerryAmerican Piedmont blues musician