Name: Elk River Blues by Rachel Anne Goodman
Duration: 3 min 38 s
Description: Elk River Blues.” Written to the tune of the same name by West Virginia fiddler, Ernie Carpenter, the song tells the true story of Ernie’s home being flooded by a dam, something he never really got over.

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Elk River Blues.” Written to the tune of the same name by West Virginia fiddler, Ernie Carpenter, the song tells the true story of Ernie’s home being flooded by a dam, something he never really got over.

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Elk River Blues

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