Ernie Carpenter

Ernie Carpenter
Born
Ernest O. Carpenter

April 10, 1907
Sutton, West Virginia, US
DiedJanuary 23, 1997(1997-01-23) (aged 89)
GenreOld-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, 1988 winner of the Vandalia Award, West Virginia's highest folklife honor, at the annual Vandalia Gathering. 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.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2011-05-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)