The Healer by John Lee Hooker (CD, Oct-1992, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

Album Features
UPC:	015775156722
Artist:	John Lee Hooker
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1992
Record Label:	Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Genre:	Blues, Delta

Track Listing
1. Healer, The
2. I'm in the Mood
3. Baby Lee
4. Cuttin' Out
5. Think Twice Before You Go
6. Sally Mae
7. That's Alright
8. Rockin' Chair
9. My Dream
10. No Substitute

Details
Playing Time:	42 min.
Contributing Artists:	Los Lobos, Canned Heat, Carlos Santana, Robert Cray, George Thorogood, Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Musselwhite, Santana Band
Distributor:	n/a
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	AAD

Album Notes
Personnel: John Lee Hooker (vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, National Steel guitar); Bonnie Raitt (vocals, slide guitar); Roy Rogers (guitar, slide guitar); David Hidaldo (guitar, accordion); George Thorogood, Robert Cray, Carlos Santana, Cesar Rosas, Henry Vestine (guitar); Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica); Steve Berlin (saxophone); Chester Thompson (keyboards, synthesizer); Larry Taylor, Conrad Lozano, Richard Cousins (bass); Louie Perez, Scott Matthews, Fito de la Parra, Ndugu Chancler (drums); Armando Peraza (congas); Chepito Areas (timbales).Producers: Roy Rogers, Carlos Santana, Jim Gaines.Engineers: Sam Lehmer, Jim Gaines, Mark Lynette.Recorded at Russian Hill Recording Studios, San Francisco, California; The Plant, Sausalito, California; Leon Haywood Studios, Los Angeles, California.Includes liner notes by John Bitzer.Personnel: John Lee Hooker (vocals, guitar); David Hildago (guitar, accordion); Roy Rogers, Henry Vestine, Cesar Rosas (guitar); Steve Berlin (saxophone), Chester Thompson (keyboards, synthesizer); Richard Cousins, Larry Taylor, Conrad Lozano, Steve Ehrmann (bass); Scott Matthews, Fito De La Parra, Louie Perez, Ndugu Chancler (drums); Chepito Areas, Armando Peraza (percussion).Producers: Roy Rogers, Carlos Santana, Jim Gaines.Engineers: Sam Lehmer, Jim Gaines, Mark Lynette.Recorded at Russian Hill Recording Studios, San Francisco; the Plant, Sausalito, California; Leon Heywood Studios, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by John Bitzer.When popular culture embraced John Lee, purists turned up their noses. They should have been pleased that the world's greatest living Delta bluesman was going to make some money before he turned up his toes. Teaming up with Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, Canned Heat (not for the first time) and others, lent Hooker's blues a contemporary gloss. It took the album to the upper reaches of the album charts around the world, brought him a number of Grammy awards and a new career in advertising. The blues is not only a healer, it drinks brandy and wears jeans. The Santana guitar solo on the title track is breathtaking and Hooker is the coolest senior citizen in the world.

Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...Proved that his blues crossed temporal and racial divides....testifying that even as a septuagenarian his power remained undiminished.
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