David Blue

David Blue (born Stuart David Cohen on 18 February 1941 in Providence, Rhode Island) was an American folk‑rock singer and songwriter. After leaving high school at seventeen, he briefly served in the Navy before returning to New York, where he entered the Greenwich Village folk scene and performed alongside Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and others. His first recording appearance came on the 1965 Elektra compilation Project, credited as David Cohen, followed by his solo debut David Blue (1966) and the 1968 release These 23 Days in September on Reprise. In 1970 he issued Me (under the name S. David Cohen) and in 1972 followed with Stories on Asylum. His breakthrough came with the 1973 album Nice Baby and the Angel, which featured the original version of "Outlaw Man" that later appeared on the Eagles’ Desperado (1973). Blue signed with Asylum again for Com'n Back for More (1975), Cupid's Arrow (1976), and continued to record through the late 1970s. He joined Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975 and appeared in the film Renaldo and Clara (1978). David Blue acted in several films, including The American Friend (1977) and Human Highway (1982). He died of a heart attack on 2 December 1982 while jogging in Washington Square Park at age 41. Posthumously, his catalog was reissued on CD in 2007 by Wounded Bird Records, preserving his contributions to American folk‑rock.

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