My name is David Blue
Whatever happened to David Blue? Part of the social circle of artists and writers right at the centre of the social and musical revolution of the sixties.
"In the last few years, something happened to his voice and his guitar, something very deep and sweet entered, his timing became immaculate and we knew that we were listening to one of the finest, one of the few men singing in America and I was happy then and perhaps even happier now to say that I told him that."
— Leonard Cohen
In September of '65, I went to a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York called "Sing-In! for Peace," sponsored in part by the folk song magazine Sing Out! This wasn't long after Bob Dylan went electric and the repercussions were still being felt. The show cost a dollar and went on all night. Every folksinger at the time was there and those who weren't (Joan Baez, Jack Elliott for instance) sent telegrams of support.
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