David Blue
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| David Blue | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Stuart David Cohen |
| Born | February 18 1941(1941-02-18) Providence, Rhode Island |
| Died | December 2 1982 (aged 41) New York, New York |
| Genre(s) | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Vocals |
| Years active | 1965—1976 |
| Label(s) | Elektra, Reprise, Asylum, Wounded Bird |
| Website | [[1]] |
David Blue (February 18, 1941—December 2, 1982), born Stuart David Cohen, was an American singer-songwriter and actor. He was an integral part of the Greenwich Village folk music scene in New York, which included Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Dave Van Ronk, Tom Paxton, and Eric Andersen.
In 1966, David Blue released his first, self-titled album, and was typecast as a Dylan imitator, perhaps the first
However, there are many influences upon this album, particularly from the psychedelic West-Coast scene. One comes from their Elektra peers, Love, the jangling guitars and beats being an obvious reference to Love’s self titled debut. Grateful Dead also had a huge influence on the sound of David’s first album; the quiet undertones offered by the organ and the bluegrass folk rhythms both show this. -from A Sunshine Experience: I’d Like To Know David BlueTwo years went by before Blue's second record, These 23 Days in September, was recorded and released, during which he toured with his own band, American Patrol, which was said to have
anticipated the rock avant-garde in its blend of high powered electric music and theatrical presentation.in one review, and These 23 Days in September was another step in establishing Blue's musical distinct musical identity, if not his image.
one of the first, and finest “deescalation” records of I968, the arrangements smooth and ... consistent with the romantic tone.By 1970, Blue was using his birth name, S. David Cohen, and his third album, Me, was credited this way. By this point, the Country Rock movement had a heavy influence on him, and included with his original songs was a cover of a Merle Haggard song, Mama Tried. By 1972, with his next album, Stories, he was again back to being known as David Blue.
Blue is perhaps best known for writing the song "Outlaw Man" for the Eagles, which was included on their 1973 Desperado album, as well as released as their second single. Blue's original version of "Outlaw Man" was the lead track of his own Graham Nash produced Nice Baby And The Angel album, issued on CD (with the entire David Blue catalogue) in 2007 on Wounded Bird Records.
In 1975 Blue joined Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue and he appeared in Renaldo and Clara, the 1978 movie that was filmed during that tour. Blue acted in other films including, The American Friend (directed by Wim Wenders, 1977), The Ordeal Of Patty Hearst (a 1979 TV movie) and Human Highway (by Neil Young, 1982}, and in 1982 acted on the television Soap Opera All My Children..
David Blue died of a heart attack when he was 41 years old, while jogging in Washington Square Park in New York City on December 2, 1982, cutting short his plans for a comeback, having written songs for a new album, including the song Children of Rock and Roll.
Discography
- Singer Songwriter Project (Elektra, 1965) (Blue, who is credited as David Cohen, is one of four artists)
- David Blue (Elektra, 1966)
- These 23 Days in September (Reprise, 1968)
- Me (Reprise, 1970) (released under the name S. David Cohen)
- Stories (Asylum, 1972)
- Nice Baby and the Angel, (Asylum, 1973)
- Com'n Back for More (Asylum, 1975)
- Cupid's Arrow (Asylum, 1976)
External links
- Further information about David Blue
- David Blue at the Internet Movie Database
- Liner notes to Blue's first album
- David Blue MySpace pageTemplate:US-singer-songwriter-stub
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