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|f_track=Bride of the Wind.mp3
|f_track=Elk River Blues.mp3
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|f_pdf=Elk River Blues.pdf
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|f_artwork=Ernie Carpenter.jpg
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|f_tune_name=Elk River Blues
|f_track_title=Bride of the Wind
|f_track_title=Elk River Blues
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|f_played_by=[https://bmac.libs.uga.edu/index.php/Detail/objects/331630 Fidel Martin]
|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/jatek-zenekar Jatek Zenekar]
|f_notes=Jim Magill (1905-1954)
|f_notes=Ernie Carpenter (1909-1997)
|f_caption=The composition was credited to Canadian fiddler Jim Magill in Jarman's 1944 (Anglo-)Canadian publication; however, the tune had been recorded by French-Canadian fiddler Joseph Bouchard as the first part of his "Lancier Bouchard Premiere Partie" in 1938.
|f_caption=According to the booklet accompanying Carpenter's LP, the story behind the tune is one of a difficult adjustment to a forced change in Ernie's life.
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|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/jatek-zenekar/elk-river-blues Soundcloud]
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|f_article=[[Bride of the Wind | '''Bride of the Wind''']]
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The composition was credited to Canadian fiddler Jim Magill in Jarman's 1944 (Anglo-)Canadian publication; however, the tune had been recorded by French-Canadian fiddler Joseph Bouchard as the first part of his "[[Lancier Bouchard Premiere Partie]]" in 1938. Even earlier, in 1924, a version was recorded by Michigan fiddler [[biography:John A. Pattee]] (b. 1844) as the 1st change in his "[[Old Catville Quadrille]]" (a 1924 recording that can be heard at [http://www.michiganfiddle.com/repository]).  
Composed by Braxton County, West Virginia, old-time fiddler Ernie Carpenter (1909-1997).


The first strain is very similar to "Bride of the Wind" but the second differs. It also appears under the title "[[Anoy's Jig]]" in Don Messer's repertoire, although Messer and his group also recorded Magill's "Bride of the Wind".  
According to the booklet accompanying Carpenter's LP, the story behind the tune is one of a difficult adjustment to a forced change in Ernie's life. He had worked most of his life for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Clarksburg, prior to retiring in 1972 to his home in Braxton County, West Virginia.  


It is related (set in 2/4 time) to "[[Whalen's Breakdown]]" which Messer popularized during his career. Versions of the melody appear as an untitled quadrille tune in R.P. Christeson's '''Old-Time Fiddler's Repertory''', vol. 1 (1973, No. 182, p. 130) and in Bayard's '''Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife''' (No. 523).  
He was a regular visitor during his working years to his homeplace on the Elk River, and was witness to the planning and construction of the Sutton Dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the river during the 1950's and 1960's.  


See also note for "[[Annotation:Old Catville Quadrille|Old Catville Quadrille]]" for more on this tune.
Unfortunately, this resulted in the flooding of his boyhood home and the surrounding area, despite the efforts of himself and neighbors to forestall the project through a lobbyist. He refused the government's initial offer for his land (they didn't offer him anything for his house), and took the case to court.  
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The title is the English translation of the German phrase ''die Windsbraut'', used to refer to a storm or tempest.


He was able to gain a marked increase in the money he eventually was paid through this process, although he had to pay legal fees out of his pocket. He stayed in his Elk River homestead while the dam was being constructed, even though most of his neighbors had already left.  Workmen blocked the roads in and out of the area, but Carpenter found alternate routes until they too were closed off.
"I was the last person out of there," he said," I went ahead then and tore the old place town and brought it up here. Part of its in this house." Of the tune, he remarked: "I was sittin' here one day, an' I had the blues. I reckon as bad as anybody could, thinkin' about my old homeplace up on the Elk River. I started sawin' on the fiddle an' that's what I came up with."
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According to the booklet accompanying Carpenter's LP, the story behind the tune is one of a difficult adjustment to a forced change in Ernie's life.
Elk River Blues

Played by: Jatek Zenekar
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Ernie Carpenter (1909-1997)

Elk River Blues

Composed by Braxton County, West Virginia, old-time fiddler Ernie Carpenter (1909-1997).

According to the booklet accompanying Carpenter's LP, the story behind the tune is one of a difficult adjustment to a forced change in Ernie's life. He had worked most of his life for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Clarksburg, prior to retiring in 1972 to his home in Braxton County, West Virginia.

He was a regular visitor during his working years to his homeplace on the Elk River, and was witness to the planning and construction of the Sutton Dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the river during the 1950's and 1960's.

Unfortunately, this resulted in the flooding of his boyhood home and the surrounding area, despite the efforts of himself and neighbors to forestall the project through a lobbyist. He refused the government's initial offer for his land (they didn't offer him anything for his house), and took the case to court.

He was able to gain a marked increase in the money he eventually was paid through this process, although he had to pay legal fees out of his pocket. He stayed in his Elk River homestead while the dam was being constructed, even though most of his neighbors had already left. Workmen blocked the roads in and out of the area, but Carpenter found alternate routes until they too were closed off.

"I was the last person out of there," he said," I went ahead then and tore the old place town and brought it up here. Part of its in this house." Of the tune, he remarked: "I was sittin' here one day, an' I had the blues. I reckon as bad as anybody could, thinkin' about my old homeplace up on the Elk River. I started sawin' on the fiddle an' that's what I came up with."

...more at: Elk River Blues - full Score(s) and Annotations



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