Release Date: 04 August 2023
Label: Morello / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5013929899636
Description
David Blue moved to Greenwich Village in the early 60s and one day saw Bob Dylan writing the song that would become the great folk anthem ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’. Bob asked David to play the chords while he would create the verses. It was performed that night at Gerde’s Folk City.
Once Bob Dylan made it record companies came looking around Greenwich Village for potential artists. And shifting from David Cohen to David Blue at the suggestion of Eric Anderson, he signed first to Elektra, Then Reprise.
The Reprise album, ‘These 23 Days In September’ was released in 1968. It was produced by Gabriel Mekler who was producing Steppenwolf Gabriel played piano and Bob Rafkin, guitar.
His first album for the newly-formed Asylum label ‘Stories’ (1972) followed and featured some magical slide guitar from Ry Cooder. The musicians on the album include Rita Coolidge, Chris Ethridge, Milt Holland and Russ Kunkel , which is pretty much an A-Team.
Graham Nash, then a superstar with Crosby, Stills And Nash, produced the album ‘Nice Baby And The Angel’ in 1973. Background vocals included Nash, Dave Mason, Glenn Frey and Jennifer Warren. Glenn Frey was so taken with the track ‘Outlaw Man’ that he took it to The Eagles and it was featured on their album ‘Desperado’.
‘Cupid’s Arrow’, released in 1976, was produced by Barry Goldberg and featured Jesse Ed Davis and the Liverpool musician Jackie Lomax. The title track was written about protest singer Phil Ochs and it was sung at his memorial concert.
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Toyah
The Dickies
Roy Ayers
Penetration
Marc Almond
Iain Matthews
The Fall
David Blue
