David Blue

This article is about the American singer-song writer and actor born 1941. For the American actor born 1979, see David Blue (actor).

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. 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 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}.

He died of a heart attack when he was 41 years old, while jogging in Washington Square Park in New York City.

[edit] Discography

Singer Songwriter Project (Elektra, 1965) (Blue, who is credited as David Cohen, is one of four artists)

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