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Summary: Elk River Blues was composed by West Virginia Fiddler Ernie Carpenter. This poignant tune was written in lament to the loss of his home, which was flooded when they built the Sutton Dam, on the Elk River.
Summary: Elk River Blues was composed by West Virginia Fiddler Ernie Carpenter. This poignant tune was written in lament to the loss of his home, which was flooded when they built the Sutton Dam, on the Elk River.