Live at the Cafe Au Go Go

Live at the Cafe Au Go Go is the debut album by the American band the Blues Project, recorded live during the Blues Bag four-day concert on the evenings of November 24–27, 1965 at the Cafe Au Go Go in New York City. The recording finished up in January 1966 at the same venue, by which time Tommy Flanders had left the band.^[2] They scaled down their usual lengthy arrangements for the album due to time constraints and record label wariness.

Live at the Cafe Au Go Go
Live album by the Blues Project
Released	March 1966
Recorded	November 24–27, 1965 January 1966
Venue	Cafe Au Go Go, New York City
Genre	Blues rock, Chicago blues
Length	42:01
Label	Verve/Folkways
Producer	Jerry Schoenbaum
The Blues Project chronology
Live at the Cafe Au Go Go (1966) Projections (1966)
Singles from Live at The Cafe Au Go Go
"Back Door Man" Released: January 1966 "Catch The Wind" Released: May 1966 "Goin' Down Louisiana" Released: June 1966 "The Way My Baby Walks" Released: November 1966

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Al Kooper believes that it, like the band's other albums, was poorly recorded, and laments how Steve Katz's harmonica on Live at the Cafe Au Go Go "sounds like a duck call".^[3]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Goin' Down Louisiana" (Muddy Waters) – 4:04
2. "You Go, I'll Go with You" (Willie Dixon) – 3:49
3. "Catch the Wind" (Donovan) – 3:05
4. "I Want to Be Your Driver" (Chuck Berry) – 2:23
5. "Alberta" (Traditional) – 4:10
6. "The Way My Baby Walks" (Andy Kulberg) – 3:09

Side two

1. "Violets of Dawn" (Eric Andersen) – 2:56
2. "Back Door Man" (Dixon) – 3:16
3. "Jelly Jelly Blues" (Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines) – 4:45
4. "Spoonful" (Dixon) – 4:58
5. "Who Do You Love?" (Ellas McDaniel) – 5:30

Personnel

Musicians

• Tommy Flanders – vocals (tracks B1, B2, B4, B5)
• Danny Kalb – lead guitar, vocals (tracks A1, A2, A5, A6)
• Al Kooper – organ, vocals (track A4)
• Steve Katz – rhythm guitar, vocals (track A3)
• Andy Kulberg – bass
• Roy Blumenfeld – drums

Technical

• Jerry Schoenbaum – producer, liner notes
• Val Valentin – engineer
• Charles Stewart – cover photo