David Charles Olney was an American folk singer-songwriter.
10 Facts About David Olney
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David Olney's songs have been covered by numerous artists, including Emmylou Harris, Del McCoury, Linda Ronstadt and Steve Earle.
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David Olney was born on March 23,1948, in Providence, Rhode Island.
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David Olney collaborated with artists such as John Hadley and Sergio Webb.
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David Olney's songs were covered by and co-written with Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Young, Del McCoury, and Laurie Lewis, among many others.
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David Olney wrote sonnets and starred at the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, and his live concerts blended tenderness and ferocity, theatre and sincerity, agitation and embrace.
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David Olney resided in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife Regine, with whom he had a son, Redding, and a daughter, Lillian.
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David Olney formed a mutual admiration with Townes Van Zandt when he began his solo career.
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David Olney died of an apparent heart attack during a performance onstage at the 30A Songwriter Festival in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, on January 18,2020, at the age of seventy-one.
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David Olney was in the middle of his third song when he stopped, apologized and shut his eyes, according to fellow musician Scott Miller, who was accompanying Olney.