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Studio album by John Lee Hooker
Released September 1989
Studio
Russian Hill Recording Studios, San Francisco, California (most tracks)
The Plant, Sausalito, California (`The Healer`)
Leon Haywood Studios, Los Angeles, California (`Think Twice Before You Go`)
Genre Blues
Length 41:43
Label Chameleon
Producer Roy Rogers
John Lee Hooker chronology
Jealous
(1986) The Healer
(160) Lonesome Road

The Healer is a blues album by John Lee Hooker, released in 1989 by Chameleon. The album features collaborations with Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Musselwhite, Los Lobos and Carlos Santana, among others. The album was a critical and commercial success and was important for Hooker`s later career.

Background
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. The album was produced by Roy Rogers of the Delta Rhythm Kings,[1] and executive produced by Mike Kappus,[2] who conceived the idea for the project pairing Hooker with a variety of guest musicians.[3]

The video for `The Healer` featuring Carlos Santana and John Lee Hooker was filmed in the Chameleon warehouse in Hawthorne, CA amidst stacks of Hooker`s old vinyl LPs, and live on stage at `The Palace,` a Hollywood nightclub across from Capitol Records on Vine St. A video for `In the Mood` that featured footage of Bonnie Raitt was in rotation at MTV and VH-1, along with a video that Robert Cray appeared in for `Baby Lee`.[3]

John Lee Hooker was 73 years old when the album was released. It was his first Grammy win and was the album that had placed highest on the Billboard charts in his forty-year career.[3] The album had such success that it `permitted John Lee Hooker to live out the end of his life in comfort`.[4] Powers recounts with joy sending a large royalty check to Hooker, and the deep gratitude he felt for the opportunity to help him to finally achieve the recognition he deserved.

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

The Healer track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Guest musician(s) Length
1. `The Healer` Hooker, Roy Rogers, Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson Carlos Santana and the Santana Band 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
Credits adapted from the album liner notes:

John Lee Hooker – vocals, guitar, steel guitar
Jose Areas – timbales
Steve Berlin – saxophone
Leon `Ndugu` Chancler – drums
Richard Cousins – bass guitar
Robert Cray – guitar
Steve Ehrmann – bass guitar
Jim Gaines – engineering and co-production on `The Healer`
David Hidalgo – guitar, accordion
Sam Lehmer – engineering on all tracks except `The Healer` and `Think Twice Before You Go`, mixing
Scott Mathews – drums
Charlie Musselwhite – harmonica
Mike Kappus – executive producer
Conrad Lozano – bass guitar
Mark Lynelle – engineering on `Think Twice Before You Go`
Adolfo de la Parra – drums
Armando Peraza – congas
Louie Pérez – drums
Bonnie Raitt – vocals, slide guitar
Roy Rogers – guitar, slide guitar, production
Cesar Rosas – guitar
Carlos Santana – guitar and co-production on `The Healer`
Larry Taylor – bass guitar
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
George Thorogood – guitar
Henry Vestine – guitar