Ernie Carpenter

Ernie Carpenter
Birth name Ernest O. Carpenter
Born April 10, 1907
Sutton, West Virginia, USA.
Died January 23, 1997
Genres Old-time music
Instruments Fiddle
Years active c. 1925–1997

Ernest O. "Ernie" Carpenter, born April 10, 1907 at Sutton, West Virginia, died January 23, 1997, was a famous 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.[4]

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; see also http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/print/Article/976.
  2. ↑ Gerald Milnes. 1999. Play of a Fiddle, Traditional Music, Dance, and Folklore in West Virginia, Lexington, Ky.: The University Press of Kentucky, pp. 35-44.
  3. ↑ West Virginia Division of Culture and History: The Vandalia Award, http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/vandalia2k/erniecarpenter.html.
  4. ↑ Find A Grave.com: Braxton County Cemetery, Sutton, W. Va., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=1361294&GRid=68870440&,


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