David Olney, a longtime singer-songwriter, died during a performance on Saturday at 30A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, according to reports.
“Olney was in the middle of his third song when he stopped, apologized and shut his eyes. He was very still, sitting upright with his guitar on, wearing the coolest hat and a beautiful rust suede jacket,” she wrote on social media.
Elaborating further, Rigby said that his on-stage pause “at first looked like he was just taking a moment” but “Scott Miller had the presence of mind to say we needed to revive him.”
“Doctors in the audience and 30A folks were all working so hard to get him to come to. It’s hard to post about this because I can’t really believe he’s gone. I am so sorry for his wife and family and friends and all the people who loved him and his music. Even those who never heard of him. We all lost someone important last night,” she added.
Olney released about two dozen solo albums, with his latest, “This Side Or The Other,” being released in 2018.
Details about his cause of death are not clear.