A disabled tractor-trailer sat on Interstate 20 early Friday. Kirk’s motor coach hit it hard around 6 a.m. in Richland County.
Kirk had driven the Indigo Girls for a long stretch of years. That morning the bus carried no band members and no crew. He was the only one aboard when the collision took his life.
Investigators have not released the full picture yet. The crash remains under review. First word came from local coverage that pinned the time and stretch of highway.
The band answered with a raw statement. They called Kirk a beloved part of the road family. He got them through every kind of weather and season. He stayed a steady, joyful presence. They said the loss hit them hard.
That same statement pulled the plug on the next night’s concert in Myrtle Beach at the Carolina Opry Theater. Shows lined up in Wilmington, North Carolina; Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; and Sugar Land, Texas, sit on hold while the group figures out the next steps.
The Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, built their career on the road. Songs such as “Closer to Fine” and “Galileo” rode those buses from one town to the next. Crew and drivers made the whole thing possible.
The band promised the tour will start again once they can manage it. They asked people to pause and send a prayer or some love to Kirk, the man who brought their music to stages night after night.
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