Ernie Carpenter

Ernie Carpenter
Birth nameErnest O. Carpenter
BornApril 10, 1907
Sutton, West Virginia, US
DiedJanuary 23, 1997(1997-01-23) (aged 89)
GenresOld-time music
InstrumentFiddle
Years activec. 1925–1997

Ernest O. Carpenter, (April 10, 1907, at Sutton, West Virginia – January 23, 1997), was an American fiddle player,[1][2] 1988 winner of the Vandalia Award, West Virginia's highest folklife honor, at the annual Vandalia Gathering.[3] He is interred near Sutton, West Virginia.

References

  1. ^ Michael Kline (2006). ""Carpenter Family" in The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Ken Sullivan, ed. Charleston, W.Va.: The West Virginia Humanities Council". pp. 113–114.
  2. ^ Gerald Milnes (1999). Play of a Fiddle, Traditional Music, Dance, and Folklore in West Virginia. The University Press of Kentucky. pp. 35–44.
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