The son of a Jewish father and IrishRoman Catholic/French Canadian descent mother, David Blue quit high school at age 17, left home, and joined the Navy, but was soon thrown out for his "Inability to adjust to a military way of life."
Singer Songwriter Project (Elektra, 1965) (Blue, who is credited as David Cohen, contributes three tracks and is one of four artists; the others are Richard Fariña, Patrick Sky and Bruce Murdoch)
david, blue, musician, david, blue, born, stuart, david, cohen, february, 1941, december, 1982, american, folk, music, singer, songwriter, actor, david, bluedavid, blue, 1966background, informationbirth, namestuart, david, cohenborn, 1941, february, 1941provid. David Blue born Stuart David Cohen February 18 1941 December 2 1982 was an American folk music singer songwriter and actor 1 2 David BlueDavid Blue in 1966Background informationBirth nameStuart David CohenBorn 1941 02 18 February 18 1941Providence Rhode Island USDiedDecember 2 1982 1982 12 02 aged 41 New York City USGenresFolkOccupation s Singer songwriter actorInstrument s Guitar vocalsYears active1965 1982LabelsElektra Reprise Asylum Wounded BirdWebsiteDavid Blue website Charlotte Charlotte Stewart and milkman Earl Duke David Blue flirt in Human Highway The film was released shortly after his death Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Death 4 Discography 5 Filmography 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and education EditThe son of a Jewish father and Irish Roman Catholic French Canadian descent mother David Blue quit high school at age 17 left home and joined the Navy but was soon thrown out for his Inability to adjust to a military way of life Career EditBlue became an integral part of the Greenwich Village folk music scene in New York City which included Bob Dylan Phil Ochs Dave Van Ronk Tom Paxton Bob Neuwirth and Eric Andersen 1 Blue is best known for writing the song Outlaw Man for the Eagles which was included on their 1973 Desperado album Blue s original version of Outlaw Man was the lead track of his own Nice Baby and the Angel album re issued on CD with the entire David Blue catalogue in 2007 on Wounded Bird Records 1 Blue joined Dylan s Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975 and appeared in Renaldo and Clara the 1978 movie that was filmed during that tour 1 Blue acted in other films including The American Friend 1977 directed by Wim Wenders The Ordeal of Patty Hearst a 1979 TV movie and Human Highway 1982 by Neil Young 1 Human Highway premiered in 1983 after Blue s death Blue also performed onstage in Stephen Poliakoff s play American Days at Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City in December 1980 directed by Jacques Levy Death EditBlue died of a heart attack in December 1982 at the age of 41 while jogging in Washington Square Park in New York City 1 3 Discography EditSinger Songwriter Project Elektra 1965 Blue who is credited as David Cohen contributes three tracks and is one of four artists the others are Richard Farina Patrick Sky and Bruce Murdoch 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 Filmography EditYear Title Role Notes1977 The American Friend Allan Winter1978 Renaldo and Clara Himself1979 The Ordeal of Patty Hearst Schiller TV movie1982 Human Highway Earl Duke final film role References Edit a b c d e f Colin Larkin May 27 2011 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 5th Concise ed Omnibus Press p 154 ISBN 9780857125958 David Blue Folk uio no Retrieved October 17 2019 David Blue Singer Actor 41 Was Part of 60 s Folk Revival The New York Times December 7 1982External links EditFurther information about David Blue David Blue at IMDb Liner notes to Blue s first album David Blue MySpace page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Blue musician amp oldid 1172956635, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
