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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:associatedAct
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gptkb:Woody_Guthrie
gptkb:Lead_Belly
gptkb:Brownie_McGhee
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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gptkb:National_Heritage_Fellowship
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gptkbp:birthDate
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October 24, 1911
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gptkbp:birthName
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gptkb:Saunders_Terrell
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Greensboro,_Georgia,_United_States
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gptkbp:causeOfDeath
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natural causes
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gptkbp:deathDate
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March 11, 1986
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Mineola,_New_York,_United_States
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gptkbp:ethnicity
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gptkb:African-American
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:Piedmont_blues
blues
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sonny Terry
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gptkbp:instrument
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gptkb:saxophone
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gptkbp:label
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gptkb:Prestige_Records
gptkb:Folkways_Records
gptkb:Vanguard_Records
gptkb:Bluesville_Records
gptkb:Okeh_Records
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gptkbp:notableFor
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collaborations with Brownie McGhee
energetic harmonica style
influence on folk and blues music
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Midnight_Special
gptkb:Blues_in_My_Soul
gptkb:Sonny_&_Brownie
gptkb:Sonny_Terry's_New_Sound:_The_Jawharp_In_Blues_&_Folk_Music
gptkb:Whoopin'_the_Blues
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:musician
gptkb:saxophone
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Emma_Terry
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gptkbp:website
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https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sonny-terry-mn0000038842
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gptkbp:yearsActive
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1930s–1980s
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Lead_Belly
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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