After the show, Kalb approached his hero. That same year, the Blues Project shared a bill with Waters. The Blues Project only studio project, 1966's Projections, featured a rendition of Muddy Waters' "Two Trains Running," a song that had long been part of Kalb's sets. Their debut album, Live at the Cafe Au Go Go, was released in January 1966, followed by a tour of the U.S. Wilson then moved to MGM, where he signed the Blues Project with one of the label's subsidiaries, Verve/Folkways. The band then auditioned for Columbia Records, where producer Tom Wilson hired session musician Al Kooper, who had worked with Wilson on Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone." Columbia did not offer them a deal, but Kooper was subsequently invited to join the group and Flanders soon departed. Singer Tommy Flanders then joined and the group changed its name to the Blues Project, a nod to the Elektra album Kalb had appeared on. Traum was soon replaced with guitarist Steve Katz. The following year, Kalb formed the Danny Kalb Quartet with rhythm guitarist Artie Traum, bassist Andy Kulberg and drummer Roy Blumenfeld.
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