Ernie Carpenter

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.

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

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.


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