The Healer (album)

The Healer
A photo of Hooker with his hands outstretched
Studio album by
John Lee Hooker
ReleasedSeptember 1989 (1989-09)
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")
GenreBlues
Length41:43
LabelChameleon
ProducerRoy Rogers
John Lee Hooker chronology
Jealous
(1986) 		The Healer
(1989) 		Lonesome Road
(1990)

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.