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, and executive produced by Mike Kappus, the album had such success that it "permitted John Lee Hooker to live out the end of his life in comfort".
It was voted number 424 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.

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