The Healer (album)

The Healer is a blues album by John Lee Hooker, released in 1989. The album features collaborations with Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Musselwhite, Los Lobos and Carlos Santana, among others. The Healer peaked at number 62 on the Billboard 200 and "I'm in the Mood" won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Performance. Produced by Roy Rogers of the Delta Rhythm Kings,[2] and executive produced by Mike Kappus (who also conceived the idea for the project),[5] the album had such success that it "permitted John Lee Hooker to live out the end of his life in comfort".[6]

The Healer
Studio album by John Lee Hooker
Released	September 1989 (1989-09)
Recorded	Russian Hill Recording Studios, San Francisco
Genre	Blues
Length	41:43
Label	Chameleon
Producer	Roy Rogers
John Lee Hooker chronology
Jealous (1986) The Healer (1989) Boom Boom (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
The Village Voice	B+[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]

It was voted number 424 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Lee Hooker, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Guest musician(s)	Length
1.	"The Healer"	Hooker, Roy Rogers, Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson	Carlos Santana	5:36
2.	"I'm in the Mood"	Hooker, Bernard Besman	Bonnie Raitt	4:30
3.	"Baby Lee"	Hooker, James Bracken	Robert Cray	3:43
4.	"Cuttin' Out"		Canned Heat	4:35
5.	"Think Twice Before You Go"		Los Lobos	2:58
6.	"Sally Mae"	Hooker, Bracken	George Thorogood	3:15
7.	"That's Alright"		Charlie Musselwhite	4:23
8.	"Rockin' Chair"			4:09
9.	"My Dream"			4:02
10.	"No Substitute"			4:07
Total length:				41:18

Personnel

• John Lee Hooker – vocals, guitar, steel guitar
• Carlos Santana – guitar
• Jose Areas – timbales
• Armando Peraza – congas
• Ndugu Chancler – drums
• Chester D Thompson – keyboards
• Bonnie Raitt – vocals, slide guitar
• Roy Rogers – guitar, slide guitar
• Scott Mathews – drums
• Robert Cray – guitar
• Richard Cousins – bass
• Henry Vestine – guitar
• Larry Taylor – bass
• Adolfo de la Parra – drums
• Charlie Musselwhite – harmonica
• Cesar Rosas – guitar
• David Hidalgo – guitar, accordion
• Louie Pérez – drums
• Conrad Lozano – bass
• Steve Berlin – saxophone
• George Thorogood – guitar
• Steve Ehrmann – bass
• Mike Kappus - executive producer

References

1. Owens, Thom. The Healer at AllMusic
2. "John Lee Hooker: The Healer : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. 23 November 2007. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2018.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
3. Christgau, Robert (October 31, 1989). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
4. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
5. "Mike Kappus :The Rosebud agency" (PDF). Pollstarpro.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
6. According to Walter de Paduwa speaking (in French at minute 14'45") on the Dr Boogie Radio Show, January 31, 2014.
7. Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 156. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

External links

• The Healer (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)