First released in 1989, The Healer features collaborations of John Lee Hooker with artists including Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat, Los Lobos and George Thorogood. Hooker was 73 years of age when The Healer came out and earned his first of many future Grammy accolades, winning Best Traditional Blues Performance for 'I'm In The Mood'.

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The Healer is a critically acclaimed album from the "King of the Boogie," John Lee Hooker. First released in 1989, the collection features collaborations with artists including Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat, Los Lobos and George Thorogood. Hooker was 73 years of age when The Healer came out and earned his first - of many future - GRAMMY accolades, winning Best Traditional Blues Performance for "I'm in the Mood."

Producer-guitarist Roy Rogers of the Delta Rhythm Kings faithfully captures the intimate banter and live-in-the-barroom, Fender-tube-amp quality of authentic blues. But the spirit that animates this album is the ageless voice of John Lee Hooker and his boogie-man blues. He has conjured up a renewed world blues with the canniness of the hoodoo healers and root doctors who first gave birth to the Delta blues. - Janie Matthews, Rolling Stone

As an innovator of the boogie-guitar style, Hooker had a unique way of flailing the strings while moaning his vocals. His music never grows old. - Greg Cahill, The Absolute Sound, January 2023, Music 5/5, Sonics 5/5

Track Listing:

01. The Healer – feat. Carlos Santana & The Santana Band
02. I’m In The Mood – feat. Bonnie Raitt
03. Baby Lee – feat. Robert Cray
04. Cuttin’ Out – feat. Canned Heat
05. Think Twice Before You Go – feat. Los Lobos
06. Sally Mae – feat. George Thorogood
07. That’s Alright – feat. Charlie Musselwhite
08. Rockin’ Chair
09. My Dream
10. No Substitute

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