Jesse Winchester – Live At The Bijou Cafe, Philadelphia, May 26, 1977 (2006)

Live At The Bijou Cafe, Philadelphia, May 26, 1977 is a live album by American folk/country singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester. The 2006 release by Wounded Bird Records is an official CD reissue of this historic performance.

This concert is of colossal significance for the artist's biography. In 1967, Jesse Winchester, a Louisiana native, emigrated to Canada to avoid the draft for the Vietnam War. Because of this, he was unable to perform in the United States for 10 years. In early 1977, President Jimmy Carter declared amnesty for draft dodgers. This performance at the Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia, recorded for radio, captures one of Winchester's first triumphant concerts after his return to his homeland, before an enthusiastic American audience.