John Lee Hooker: “Live at Café Au-Go Go”

John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters Record a Blues Classic

In late August 1966 a summit of the era’s top two Mississippi Delta-raised bluesmen took place on a small stage in New York City’s Greenwich Village. The album they’d record that evening, Live at Café Au Go-Go, endures as one of the most memorable John Lee Hooker releases and a testament to the abilities of Muddy Waters and his band – particularly piani…