Ernie Carpenter Explained

Ernie Carpenter
Birth Name:	Ernest O. Carpenter
Birth Date:	April 10, 1907
Birth Place:	Sutton, West Virginia, US
Instrument:	Fiddle
Genre:	Old-time music
Years Active:	c. 1925–1997

Ernest O. 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.

Notes and 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.